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...Bernard Wolfman, a Harvard law professor, cites the example of an expensive restaurant in Washington, "right in the shadow of the IRS," where he and a group of other lawyers were given signed tax receipts for their dinner, and then saw that the amount had been left blank, to be filled in according to the diner's conscience. "Face it," says Wolfman, "waiters in nice restaurants are serving people they know are deducting the bills racked up in those places. Lower-and middle-income people are not dumb just because they don't have loopholes. They know...
...even if the flat tax did retain its absolute purity, many argue that an equal tax rate for everyone is inherently unequal because it falls proportionately harder on people with low incomes. "Equity calls for some degree of graduation, with progressive rates," says Wolfman. "I like to think of it as democratic equity." Democrats Bill Bradley, a New Jersey Senator, and Richard Gephardt, a Missouri Representative, have proposed a "fair tax," which calls for a basic flat rate of 14% on income up to $25,000 for individuals and $40,000 for couples; surtaxes ranging from 6% to 14% would...
Paced at a Wolfman's shamble and photographed in colors as cheerful and sexless as the Blands, Eating Raoul could be read as Bartel's comic revenge on Hollywood: like his protagonist, he profits by axing the System. But perhaps this is too heavy a weight for 87 minutes of soufflé-light surrealism to support. The film is best seen as a canny survivor's notice of current determination and future availability. It would be pleasant to think that what Bartel did for love could be redeemed for money, and a chance next time to make...
...East Asian Languages and Civulizations: Helen F. Ladd, assistant professor of City and Regional Planning; George W. MacCrae, Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies; John H. McArthur, dean of the faculty of Business Administration; Gerald M. McCue, dean of the Graduate School of Design; Dean Rosovsky; Bernard Wolfman. Fessenden Professor of Law; and Joe B. Wyatt, vice president for administration...
MARRIED. Mike Love, 40, lead singer for the Beach Boys; and Catherine Linda Martinez, 30, his girlfriend of eight months; he for the fourth time, she for the second; in Santa Barbara, Calif. The ceremony was performed by Disc Jockey Wolfman Jack, who was ordained by the Universal Life Church of Modesto, Calif, for the purpose...