Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meeting was one of two yesterday, called by top Beacon Hill Democrats to rethink fiscal strategy after the resounding defeat in the House last week of a $1.2 billion tax package strongly supported by Keverian and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis...
Like Ronald Reagan, who managed to preside in relative secrecy over $90 billion in "revenue enhancements" after the well-publicized (and disastrous) 1981 tax cuts, Bush has some bipartisan support for his antitax posture. Democrat James Sasser of Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, insisted last week, "What we've done here does not waddle enough to be called ducks." Perhaps. But since the nearly $6 billion in revenue enhancements enacted last week will rise to $30 billion over the next five years, taxpayers may be forgiven if they exercise their right to squawk...
...jobs is often abortion foe John Sununu. Charles Keating takes the Fifth on his savings and loan debacle. Congress passes a budget that includes (Shhhhh! Don't tell Bush) tax increases...
...Encourage cooperatives. Public resentment over the price-gouging practices of some cooperatives has given conservative bureaucrats an excuse to tax them heavily. But since the excesses of some cooperatives stem primarily from a lack of competition, the co-op system should be expanded, not constrained...
...Zolotas, who is not a member of any party, the top priority is to repair the creaking economy, which is burdened by a large public debt and a 14% inflation rate -- three times that of the European Community. Several remedial measures have already been announced, including a 5% income tax hike and a 1% reduction in public spending...