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...over the lifeblood of the world economy. (To denigrate the importance of oil with talk of "cheap gas" is itself a cheap debating tactic.) From the very day of the invasion, the explicit objective of U.S. policy has been not just deterrence of further Iraqi expansion but also the rollback of Iraq from Kuwait...
...would have cut the state budget by 8% by reducing fees to 1988 levels. The proposal was supported by the Republican candidate, William Weld, and opposed by Democrat John Silber, who warned of a "meltdown" of the state economy. In the end voters accepted Weld -- and rejected his tax rollback...
...states. In Illinois, Democrat Neil Hartigan promised to remove an unpopular 2% income tax surcharge, while Republican James Edgar admitted he would keep the levy in place. Edgar privately asked George Bush to stay away, fearing the anger that Bush's tax reversal had bred. Voters overwhelmingly wanted a rollback -- but did not trust Hartigan to do it. Edgar won by 52% to 48%. Nebraska's Republican Governor, Kay Orr, went back on her pledge not to raise taxes, as did Florida's Martinez and Governor Mike Hayden in Kansas. All three lost...
Thompson sees the issues underlying Question #3, the tax rollback referendum, as a major player in future legislative action. "Although it [Question #3] didn't win, the `no' vote is telling us that they want us to take the ball in hand and work with it," he said. "The days of runaway authorities are over...
Many Cambridge officials and Harvard unionists have opposed the CLT rollback...