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So at midweek, Dole recruited a small army of surrogates to take up cudgels against Forbes and became smoother on the trail. His ads got tougher, his speeches softer. A new Dole ad in New Hampshire features the state's popular, youthful Governor Steve Merrill, clad in green parka and...
In particular, Forbes' flat tax proposal would replace the existing, progressive system of taxation with a single tax rate of 17 percent on all income earned above $36,000. At the same time, his proposal would eliminate most deductions, like the home mortgage and charitable deduction, and exempt from all...
When you're losing support that rapidly, building a fire wall against further damage is difficult. Yet that's what the Dole forces are attempting in New Hampshire. The counterattack is everywhere--on the ground and in the air. Dole's refusal to slam his rivals is history. Anti-Forbes...
Dole's reputation as a compromiser has made it easier for Gramm to form a coalition out of a disparate array of conservatives, including antiabortionists, gun owners, antipornography crusaders, tax protesters, working women, stay-at-home moms, even some fathers'-rights activists. At every stop, Gramm emphasizes his zeal to...
VOTERS LOVE IT AT FIRST SIGHT. Politicians want to embrace it. there may be danger in the details, but the flat tax is becoming the hottest new issue in the G.O.P. presidential race. Riding mostly on his flat-tax proposal, magazine mogul Steve Forbes has become the fastest-rising candidate...