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...faithfully onward, passing the overall budget resolution by a party-line vote Wednesday and two parts of the Bush tax cut - the marriage-penalty reduction and the doubling of the child-care tax credit - on Thursday. Then the Ways and Means Committee went and did likewise with estate-tax repeal...
...wonder that Larry Lindsey, Bush's chief economic adviser, told USA Today on Monday that the President's prized estate-tax repeal was likely to be put off a few years. And that last week, Bush for the first time declared himself receptive to a "trigger...
...that the regulations were too burdensome and expensive, although the Occupational Safety and Health Administration estimated that they would actually save $9.1 billion a year when the cost of wages and productivity lost to injuries was factored in. Bush didn't call a single lawmaker to lobby for the repeal, but House majority whip Tom DeLay thanked him anyway, attributing the victory to "the very fact that he was in the White House...
...government closes one eye to the existence of these places as long as the patrons behave. If the laws are still weighted against them, gays reason that the government has its compulsions. "Singapore is an island nation surrounded by Muslim states. It would be too provocative to repeal any anti-gay laws now," explains Addie Loh, one of Taboo's owners. Loh won't allow the nightclub to be photographed. "Tall poppies get their heads chopped off," he says, philosophically. "The government has been very kind to us. I don't think we should breach that tolerance...
Moreover, the Bush cut is specifically targeted to aid the wealthy at the rest of country's expense. It ignores the 15-percent payroll tax that is a heavier burden for most American families than the income tax, and its repeal of the estate tax would affect only the top 2 percent of estates. In other words, Bush's plan would cut those taxes primarily paid by the rich and do nothing about the those that fall most heavily on average Americans. Real tax relief would include a refundable tax credit for those who pay payroll taxes, addressing...