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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (357081)2/10/2003 5:20:19 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Re: "It is not at all clear that there is a good rationale for progressivity...."

>>> Well then, you can relax, 'cause we are effectively at a flat spread in effective tax rates between the Middle Class and the Wealthiest now....

Re: 'there is no magic figure that is "fair"'

>>> Agreed. A far better focus for our national attention would be on restoring 'fairness' and a level economic playing field by ripping out all the corporate welfare pork items and special preference loopholes from the tax codes - a drastic simplification of our tax system ...preferably starting by ripping up the whole code and starting afresh, because it will NEVER happen any other way.
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