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Dukakis has some 40 full-time paid staffers working in Texas and an estimated 2000 volunteers across the state, whose 183 Democratic delegates is the largest of the 19 Super Tuesday states and American Samoa...
...overhead costs and moreproductive faculties. Like other Republicancandidates, the former television evangelistadvocates a long-term investment vehicle, similarto individual retirement accounts (IRAs), to givetax breaks to parents saving for college. He hasalso called for a system of low-interest loansadministered in a way to ensure that more of themget paid back, though he has not laid out thespecifics to this proposal. One proposal, inparticular, distinguishes Robertson from all theother aspirants: he is the only one who wants toabolish the Department of Education...
...over $25,000 and families with more than $32,000. The proportion of benefits taxed could be raised to 85%, while the income threshold could be lowered to $12,000 for individuals and $18,000 for families. Rationale for the 85% figure: typical recipients during their working years have paid taxes on 15% of the amount they receive in benefits. $10 billion...
Raise taxes on employer-paid insurance premiums. Only premiums on life- insurance coverage of more than $50,000 are taxed; the exemption for smaller amounts could be removed. Health-insurance premiums, now exempt, could be taxed as income when the payments amount to more than $80 per month for an individual or $200 for a family. $8.6 billion...
Most of these loans and grants, if given at all, should be paid for by state and local governments. Intended to help distressed areas, these funds too often wind up aiding profitable businesses in comfortable neighborhoods...