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Thread #30460   Message #391017
Posted By: Skeptic
05-Feb-01 - 09:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bushwacked - FIVE
Subject: RE: BS: Bushwacked - FIVE
Oh well, the click from BW Four worked anyway.

The corporations are busily working on lobbying for tax cuts. But consider:

According to Citizens for Tax Justice, during the 1950s and '60s, business paid about one-fourth of the taxes. Its share is now down to one-10th. That leaves you-know-who to pay the rest.

You'd think that since we're paying so much of the tax, we'd have more say in governemnt. Silly me.

And to put a little historical spin on it, Regans tax cut proposals originally targeted individuals. But as then Budget Director Stockman commented after the lobbyist got involved ""The hogs were really feeding. The greed level, the level of opportunism just got out of control." Pretty harsh words for a supply-sider.

It'll be interesting to see just how much of a cut all those campaign contributions bought.

Regards

John

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