Word: congressed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...REFORM. To Mills, the ideal tax law is simple and brief-but the difficulty of writing equitable tax measures under political pressure makes achieving that ideal impossible. "We want to make as many reforms as we think we can pass through the Congress. People are becoming more concerned. As more people enjoy higher incomes and thus pay more taxes, they become more concerned about how they are treated in relation to other people under the law." He calls the present code "patchwork," but he foresees no basic rewrite this year. "We are only looking at some 17 or 18 specific...
...simplification of the law, greater neutrality in its effect upon business decisions. I am trying to make it easier to administer, and, from the taxpayer's point of view, easier to comply with." He added: "Anybody who enjoys some preferential treatment should be required to come to the Congress periodically and make his case before the public...
Mills' objection is that social security fund receipts would not necessarily keep up with payments. But, he said, "I think Congress should take a look to see what the situation is since we have had this inflation. Bear in mind that about 70% of the people who receive social security checks have no other income than the social security payment...
Noting that "Mrs. Clean," as he called her, and the magazine had fought against truth-in-packaging legislation, Rosenthal declared: "Miss Rogers is not the type of consumer consultant the President deserves and not the type of consumer consultant the Congress will let him keep. The President should reconsider...
Communist party congresses are usu ally thoroughly predictable, ritualistic affairs, and for a time last week the Twelfth Congress of the Italian party in Bologna observed the punctilios. The valiant North Vietnamese delegation was vigorously applauded, exiles from Greece were sympathetically received, and representatives from 34 other na tions were recognized. But then, for the 1,041 delegates and 4,000 observers in Bologna's overheated sports arena, the ritual ended. Secretary-General Luigi Longo, 68, signaled the change with some curious additions to and omissions from his four-hour keynote speech. He praised, of all people, Pope Paul...