Word: rothe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...G.O.P. cure-all for most of the ills that afflict the nation. Say the Republicans: "American families are already paying taxes at higher rates than ever in our history; as a result of Carter's policies, the rates will go even higher." The platform calls for the Kemp-Roth cut of 30% in federal income tax rates over three years, a reduction opposed by the Democrats on the ground that the rich would save more money in taxes than the poor. The Republicans also propose indexing taxes to the inflation rate to eliminate bracket creep; this would...
While selective tax cuts to stimulate growth and offset inflation would probably provide a needed dose of medicine to an ailing economy, Reagan's support of the Kemp-Roth plan, coupled with burgeoning defense spending, would severely irritate the inflationary spiral. And Reagan's preoccupation with "the growing menace from the East" in foreign affairs, together with his stated preference for superiority, shows a man burdened by a desire to return to the past, whose "new beginning" will have the same old ending...
When the arguing abated, the Republicans had a platform that supported Reagan's principal views. It endorsed the Kemp-Roth bill for a 30% tax cut over three years; called for more nuclear power and complete decontrol of oil prices; denounced the SALT II treaty as "fatally flawed" and demanded "military superiority" over the Soviets; urged the restoration of capital punishment; and appealed for the return of voluntary, nondenominational prayer in schools. All in all, said Platform Committee Chairman John Tower, the document represents "a rightward move" in keeping with the increasing conservatism...
...moral issues. The same people who are disturbed about the impotence of national power are also highly worried about abortion. There is a common thread here." Republicans have found that working people are no less interested in tax reduction than any other group. In addition to the Kemp-Roth federal income tax cut of 30% over three years, Kemp has proposed creating free enterprise zones in decaying parts of cities. Patterned after the well-received British experiments, the plan would permit sharp tax reductions and minimal Government regulations for companies that are willing to relocate and provide jobs...
...friendly confines of the N.E.A. convention, Carter launched his most serious and bitter attack yet on the policies of Ronald Reagan, the all-but-crowned nominee of the G.O.P. The President denounced the Kemp-Roth tax cut, which Reagan supports, as "sheer deception . . . the kind of hasty offer that can only be called by one word, and that is 'irresponsible.' " Concluded Carter: "It is a classic offer in a political year of a free lunch, something for nothing. The American people know there is nothing for nothing any longer...