kfl@AI.AI.MIT.EDU.UUCP (01/20/87)
From:pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!h.cc.purdue.edu!pur-phy!piner@UCB-Vax.arpa
(Richard Piner)
2. THE DEFICIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE THE 100TH CONGRESS
will face, in the opinion of three-fourths of the congressional
staffers responding to a survey by a Washington public relations
firm. About half of all aides feel that Congress will have to
raise taxes or create new taxes to meet the Gramm-Rudman mandate
(WN 7 Nov 86). ...
Robert L. Park (202) 232-0189 The American Physical Society
One wonders whether they honestly think that government spending
would not increase if taxes were increased. Or perhaps they think
that Americans will somehow manage to (and choose to) go on producing
more and more no matter how high taxes are raised. Does the APS
consist solely of flaming liberals?
Followups to Poli-Sci.
...Keith
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