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Bush Launches Stealth Attack on Income Tax

Administration's Proposal Would Poison Roots of Tax

Leonard E. Burman
February 23, 2003
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[Charleston (WV) Sunday Gazette Mail] The growing complexity of the income tax, proposed tax-free "savings accounts," and expansions of tax loopholes are poisoning the income tax and creating a consumption tax by default.

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