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...young congressman, Lott was among those who urged Reagan to deliver his first major campaign speech in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where three civil rights workers were murdered in one of the 1960s' ugliest cases of racist violence. It was a ringing declaration of his support for "states' rights" - a code word for resistance to black advances clearly understood by white Southern voters...
...interests who will make good dinner guests. Standing together in the hallway of The Crimson, waiting to have their profile pictures taken before heading off to Rock Bottom, we were relieved to see that our choices had fulfilled the first duty of dinner guests—following the dress code. They seemed the personification, nay, the very essence, of “creative black tie.” Of all the distinctive dressers present that evening, Rich Halvorson perhaps placed the greatest emphasis on the “creative” aspect. Halvorson belied his conservative leanings as a Christian...
Start with REFORM. Reform is any change in the tax code that you favor...
SIMPLIFY. The tax code is way too complicated, but proposals to simplify it should be regarded with suspicion--especially if they concentrate on tax rates. Different rates for different levels of income aren't what make the tax system complicated. The complications come in defining income and allowing various deductions and exemptions from it. Some of these complications could be eliminated in exchange for lower overall tax rates, but watch out for claims that tax simplification will lower your tax bill. If a simplified tax structure is going to raise the same amount of money, it can't lower everyone...
SUBSIDY. A tax subsidy is any deduction or exemption that you oppose. In the abstract, it is possible to separate tax-code complications that relate to fairness in the tax system from complications that have some nontax-related purpose, and to call the second type a subsidy. In practice, the distinction is harder. If a person earns $100,000 and has $20,000 in medical expenses, should he or she be taxed as someone who earns $100,000 or as someone who earns $80,000? Likewise, what about a person who earns $100,000 and gives $20,000 to charity...