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...reach out to everyone who shares our goals." Whatever spirit of cooperation that survives in his second term may have to be found among his opponents; he has made it clear he's not about to change his mind as he takes on Social Security and the tax code in pursuit of his "ownership society." So unfolds the strange and surprising and high-stakes decade of Bush...
...enlarged majority in Congress and the absence of any election distractions. Bush is already the most legislatively successful President since Lyndon Johnson, according to the Congressional Quarterly; roughly 80% of the legislation he supported has passed. But his domestic goals for the second term--from Social Security reform to tax restructuring to deficit reduction--mirror in ambition the foreign policy revolution of his first. In his second term, he will need to make peace with a Congress that sees the world differently from its end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Not just Democrats but fellow Republicans as well carry some bruises from...
...Bush has a mandate, and he should use it. I would like to take a percentage of the funds deducted for my Social Security tax and invest it in stocks to earn higher interest than is earned by funds in the traditional Social Security retirement program. Bush's plan to reform the tax code is another brilliant course of action. Think of how much money is wasted on the Internal Revenue Service, not to mention high-priced accountants. Sam Hoff Clarkston, Michigan...
...Administration official said, were discreetly pushed. In Snow's case, the White House chose to take its time. Consideration was given to Gramm and Forbes. But as the Administration official put it, "For every good thing they brought to the table, there was something offsetting." As a maverick tax cutter, Forbes was seen as a bad fit to lead Bush's team of loyalists. And Gramm, never well liked on Capitol Hill despite his 18 years in the Senate, appeared an unlikely salesman in Congress for the President's big tax- and Social Security-- reform plans...
...opting,” a phrase I once used casually to say whether or not I’d like to do something, has recently taken on some serious new intonations. I’m not exactly sure where it began, but at least since the Undergraduate Council termbill tax hike last year, it seems that I have come to define myself and those around me in a new dimension: as opt-inners or opt-outers. It’s unclear exactly what each affiliation means, but I’m fairly certain that my parents would want...