Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this point or that; sometimes he turns it into a working lunch. Bush is soon on the telephone shopping the options around to his "sources" on Capitol Hill: Senator Robert Dole on political matters, Ohio Congressman Willis Gradison on health care and economic matters, Tennessee Republican Don Sundquist on tax questions. Following the May Cabinet debates over which countries to name as unfair traders under the new "Super 301" section of the 1988 trade bill, Bush's consultations with key lawmakers stiffened his resolve to name Japan, India and Brazil. Telephoning "gets me more knowledge," the President explained...
...Bush certainly is not innocent of political calculation. In Cabinet meetings, he is often the first to shoot down ideas that won't fly in Congress, as he did when aides suggested buying Democratic support of a capital-gains tax cut with a White House retreat from the campaign pledge not to raise other taxes. "We'll get clobbered for that," Bush said. When pressed on a political question, he has a playful stock reply: "If you're so damned smart, how come you aren't President of the United States...
...busy time for justice. Chicago commodity traders indicted for cheating the public . . . Leona Helmsley facing 20 years in a Holiday Inn (the logical sentence) if convicted of tax fraud -- it's hard not to be interested in these cases, but equally hard to have any impact on their outcome. How refreshing, then, to hear of a case, however small, in which one of us -- specifically, my pal Joey -- gets to be judge and jury. This is the story of Joey's revenge. It could save you a few bucks, or perhaps even earn you a first-class upgrade...
Such punishments can sometimes be draconian. Gas-pump owner Oscar Porcelli, for example, faces the prospect of losing his string of New York gas stations for a RICO conviction stemming from sales-tax evasion. "He made a mistake, but not a mistake that should warrant shooting him with a cannon," says his attorney, Vivian Shevitz...
...Establishment and a $150,000 war chest that is ten times the size of the opposition's, Strauss's forces seem likely to win. If not, she warns, Dallas could be in for a period of uncertainty that it cannot afford. The city is confronted with a shrinking tax base and a looming budget shortfall. "There's a need for change to ensure fair government," says Strauss. "If we don't do this, there's a pretty good chance the courts will do it for us." In fact, a federal trial set for September seems to guarantee a prolonged period...