Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan gets his way, however, the Administration's "revenue neutral" tax reform would include...
...White House had made no secret about its desire for Gorbachev to come to the U.S. The Soviets said nyet: a meeting would have to be on neutral territory. Some Americans favored a get-acquainted session. Nancy Reagan in particular felt that if her husband could, as she once put it, "just talk to those people," it would help. But others feared that unless substantive success was guaranteed in advance, the encounter might exacerbate distrust and discord. For that reason, the U.S. would have preferred a summit with preordained results in the form of a major new agreement, such...
...tone of restraint, not chauvinism. "Even the band was unobtrusive," said one Reagan aide. Still, the White House had recruited a handful of Capitol Hill interns to pass out tiny flags and neatly hand-painted signs to the crowd. Most read WELCOME HOME, but a few were not so neutral. THANKS RON said one, and a banner read THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT...
...presenting his plan as providing "relief" from taxation and getting the Government "off our backs," Reagan is engaging in a bit of sleight of hand. The bill is designed to be revenue neutral. It would rearrange the tax burden rather than lessen the Government's impact on the economy. By depicting the proposal in ideological terms, Reagan may also risk losing the support of Democratic centrists who are sympathetic to the plan but not to the fustian accompanying it. "The President has to keep his message in single-minded focus," says one G.O.P. analyst. "To the extent that the message...
...Dutko of the Council for a Secure America. "It would be by far the largest single bloc on the issue." Congress cannot afford to make too many concessions, because for every deduction they put back into the tax code, they must take one out to keep the package revenue neutral. Rostenkowski did not rule out seeking higher rates than the President proposed. But that risks losing the votes of key Republicans, notably Congressman Jack Kemp, who would like even lower rates...