Courting tax votes with tax breaksand boondoggles
The great tax battles of 1981, waged by both parties in Congress as matters of lofty principle, were degenerating last week into a petty pursuit of votes in which special interests were courted with particular tax breaks. "It's terrible that we should be involved in a bidding war," admitted House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski. "But it all depends on whether you want to lose courageously or to win. I like to win." In fact, except for various tacked-on goodies and a Democratic edge in...
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