Tax reform (NATION, Aug. 25) may be a miracle for the rich, the poor and the elderly, but for the middle class, the new tax law can only be held in contempt. How can the Reagan Administration ask the average wage earner to go on paying and paying for Social Security benefits that he may never see, for an astronomical defense budget, for aid to the contras and for yet another NASA shuttle? It is incredible that any tax reform would delete child-care credits, double-earner exemptions and IRA write-offs. What is miraculous is that after using half of my take-home pay...
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