/ TIME: Almanac 1993 / TIME Almanac 1993.iso / time / 012389 / 01238900.022

< prev

next >

MacOS 8.1

Win98

DOS

view JSON data

view as text

+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+
|00000000| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000010| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000020| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000030| 59 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |Y.......|........|
|00000040| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000050| 42 55 53 49 4e 45 53 53 | 2c 20 50 61 67 65 20 34 |BUSINESS|, Page 4|
|00000060| 32 01 01 46 75 65 6c 69 | 6e 67 20 55 70 20 61 20 |2..Fueli|ng Up a |
|00000070| 42 72 61 77 6c 0d 0a 0d | 0a 0d 0a 57 6f 75 6c 64 |Brawl...|...Would|
|00000080| 20 61 20 73 69 7a 61 62 | 6c 65 20 72 61 69 73 65 | a sizab|le raise|
|00000090| 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 | 55 2e 53 2e 20 67 61 73 | in the |U.S. gas|
|000000a0| 20 74 61 78 20 64 65 6e | 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 | tax den|t the de|
|000000b0| 66 69 63 69 74 20 2d 2d | 20 6f 72 0d 0a 74 68 65 |ficit --| or..the|
|000000c0| 20 65 63 6f 6e 6f 6d 79 | 3f 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 | economy|?...... |
|000000d0| 20 20 20 22 46 69 6c 6c | 20 27 65 72 20 75 70 21 |   "Fill| 'er up!|
|000000e0| 22 20 20 49 6e 20 74 68 | 65 73 65 20 64 61 79 73 |"  In th|ese days|
|000000f0| 20 6f 66 20 62 75 63 6b | 2d 61 2d 67 61 6c 6c 6f | of buck|-a-gallo|
|00000100| 6e 20 67 61 73 6f 6c 69 | 6e 65 2c 0d 0a 6d 69 6c |n gasoli|ne,..mil|
|00000110| 6c 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 | 20 41 6d 65 72 69 63 61 |lions of| America|
|00000120| 6e 73 20 62 65 6c 74 20 | 6f 75 74 20 74 68 6f 73 |ns belt |out thos|
|00000130| 65 20 77 6f 72 64 73 20 | 77 69 74 68 20 72 65 6c |e words |with rel|
|00000140| 69 73 68 20 69 6e 0d 0a | 66 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 |ish in..|filling |
|00000150| 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 | 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 48 6f |stations| from Ho|
|00000160| 6e 6f 6c 75 6c 75 20 74 | 6f 20 48 61 72 74 66 6f |nolulu t|o Hartfo|
|00000170| 72 64 2e 20 42 75 74 20 | 74 68 65 20 63 6f 73 74 |rd. But |the cost|
|00000180| 20 6f 66 0d 0a 74 68 61 | 74 20 74 61 6e 6b 66 75 | of..tha|t tankfu|
|00000190| 6c 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 | 73 6f 6f 6e 20 74 61 6b |l could |soon tak|
|000001a0| 65 20 69 74 73 20 62 69 | 67 67 65 73 74 20 6c 65 |e its bi|ggest le|
|000001b0| 61 70 20 73 69 6e 63 65 | 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 6f 69 |ap since| the..oi|
|000001c0| 6c 2d 70 61 72 63 68 65 | 64 20 31 39 37 30 73 2e |l-parche|d 1970s.|
|000001d0| 20 52 65 61 73 6f 6e 3a | 20 61 20 68 65 66 74 79 | Reason:| a hefty|
|000001e0| 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 | 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 | increas|e in the|
|000001f0| 20 66 65 64 65 72 61 6c | 0d 0a 67 61 73 6f 6c 69 | federal|..gasoli|
|00000200| 6e 65 20 74 61 78 20 6d | 61 79 20 62 65 20 63 6f |ne tax m|ay be co|
|00000210| 6d 69 6e 67 20 64 6f 77 | 6e 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f |ming dow|n the ro|
|00000220| 61 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 | 79 65 61 72 2e 20 54 6f |ad this |year. To|
|00000230| 20 61 6e 0d 0a 69 6e 63 | 72 65 61 73 69 6e 67 20 | an..inc|reasing |
|00000240| 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f | 66 20 70 6f 6c 69 74 69 |number o|f politi|
|00000250| 63 69 61 6e 73 20 61 6e | 64 20 65 63 6f 6e 6f 6d |cians an|d econom|
|00000260| 69 73 74 73 2c 20 61 20 | 67 61 73 2d 74 61 78 20 |ists, a |gas-tax |
|00000270| 62 6f 6f 73 74 0d 0a 77 | 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 |boost..w|ould be |
|00000280| 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 | 68 65 20 73 69 6d 70 6c |one of t|he simpl|
|00000290| 65 73 74 20 61 6e 64 20 | 6d 6f 73 74 20 65 66 66 |est and |most eff|
|000002a0| 65 63 74 69 76 65 20 77 | 61 79 73 20 74 6f 20 72 |ective w|ays to r|
|000002b0| 65 64 75 63 65 0d 0a 74 | 68 65 20 31 39 39 30 20 |educe..t|he 1990 |
|000002c0| 62 75 64 67 65 74 20 64 | 65 66 69 63 69 74 2e 20 |budget d|eficit. |
|000002d0| 54 68 65 20 69 64 65 61 | 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 71 |The idea| could q|
|000002e0| 75 69 63 6b 6c 79 20 67 | 61 69 6e 20 67 72 6f 75 |uickly g|ain grou|
|000002f0| 6e 64 0d 0a 61 6d 6f 6e | 67 20 63 6f 6e 67 72 65 |nd..amon|g congre|
|00000300| 73 73 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 | 6c 65 61 64 65 72 73 20 |ssional |leaders |
|00000310| 77 68 6f 20 61 72 65 20 | 70 72 65 70 61 72 69 6e |who are |preparin|
|00000320| 67 20 74 6f 20 68 61 67 | 67 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 |g to hag|gle with|
|00000330| 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 69 6e | 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 42 | the..in|coming B|
|00000340| 75 73 68 20 41 64 6d 69 | 6e 69 73 74 72 61 74 69 |ush Admi|nistrati|
|00000350| 6f 6e 20 6f 76 65 72 20 | 73 74 65 70 73 20 74 6f |on over |steps to|
|00000360| 20 73 74 61 6e 63 68 20 | 74 68 65 20 72 65 64 20 | stanch |the red |
|00000370| 69 6e 6b 2e 0d 0a 22 49 | 74 20 73 65 65 6d 73 20 |ink..."I|t seems |
|00000380| 65 76 65 72 79 62 6f 64 | 79 20 68 61 73 20 64 65 |everybod|y has de|
|00000390| 63 69 64 65 64 20 74 68 | 61 74 20 61 20 68 69 67 |cided th|at a hig|
|000003a0| 68 65 72 20 67 61 73 6f | 6c 69 6e 65 20 74 61 78 |her gaso|line tax|
|000003b0| 20 69 73 0d 0a 74 68 65 | 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 2c | is..the| answer,|
|000003c0| 22 20 73 61 79 73 20 53 | 75 73 61 6e 20 53 69 6d |" says S|usan Sim|
|000003d0| 6f 6e 2c 20 61 20 57 61 | 73 68 69 6e 67 74 6f 6e |on, a Wa|shington|
|000003e0| 20 70 6f 6c 69 74 69 63 | 61 6c 20 61 6e 61 6c 79 | politic|al analy|
|000003f0| 73 74 0d 0a 66 6f 72 20 | 57 61 6c 6c 20 53 74 72 |st..for |Wall Str|
|00000400| 65 65 74 27 73 20 53 68 | 65 61 72 73 6f 6e 20 4c |eet's Sh|earson L|
|00000410| 65 68 6d 61 6e 20 48 75 | 74 74 6f 6e 2e 0d 0a 0d |ehman Hu|tton....|
|00000420| 0a 20 20 20 20 4e 6f 74 | 20 71 75 69 74 65 2e 20 |.    Not| quite. |
|00000430| 4f 70 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 | 73 20 6f 66 20 62 6f 6f |Opponent|s of boo|
|00000440| 73 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 | 65 20 39 2e 31 20 63 65 |sting th|e 9.1 ce|
|00000450| 6e 74 73 2d 70 65 72 2d | 67 61 6c 2e 0d 0a 66 65 |nts-per-|gal...fe|
|00000460| 64 65 72 61 6c 20 74 61 | 78 20 61 72 65 20 67 65 |deral ta|x are ge|
|00000470| 61 72 69 6e 67 20 75 70 | 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 66 |aring up| for a f|
|00000480| 69 65 72 63 65 20 6c 6f | 62 62 79 69 6e 67 20 62 |ierce lo|bbying b|
|00000490| 72 61 77 6c 2e 20 4f 6e | 20 6f 6e 65 0d 0a 73 69 |rawl. On| one..si|
|000004a0| 64 65 20 73 74 61 6e 64 | 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 66 |de stand| the inf|
|000004b0| 6c 75 65 6e 74 69 61 6c | 20 62 75 74 20 75 6e 6f |luential| but uno|
|000004c0| 72 67 61 6e 69 7a 65 64 | 20 61 64 76 6f 63 61 74 |rganized| advocat|
|000004d0| 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | 65 0d 0a 67 61 73 2d 74 |es of th|e..gas-t|
|000004e0| 61 78 20 69 6e 63 72 65 | 61 73 65 2c 20 77 68 6f |ax incre|ase, who|
|000004f0| 20 72 61 6e 67 65 20 66 | 72 6f 6d 20 46 65 64 65 | range f|rom Fede|
|00000500| 72 61 6c 20 52 65 73 65 | 72 76 65 20 43 68 61 69 |ral Rese|rve Chai|
|00000510| 72 6d 61 6e 20 41 6c 61 | 6e 0d 0a 47 72 65 65 6e |rman Ala|n..Green|
|00000520| 73 70 61 6e 20 74 6f 20 | 49 6c 6c 69 6e 6f 69 73 |span to |Illinois|
|00000530| 20 44 65 6d 6f 63 72 61 | 74 20 44 61 6e 20 52 6f | Democra|t Dan Ro|
|00000540| 73 74 65 6e 6b 6f 77 73 | 6b 69 2c 20 63 68 61 69 |stenkows|ki, chai|
|00000550| 72 6d 61 6e 20 6f 66 0d | 0a 74 68 65 20 48 6f 75 |rman of.|.the Hou|
|00000560| 73 65 20 57 61 79 73 20 | 61 6e 64 20 4d 65 61 6e |se Ways |and Mean|
|00000570| 73 20 43 6f 6d 6d 69 74 | 74 65 65 2e 20 54 68 65 |s Commit|tee. The|
|00000580| 79 20 61 72 67 75 65 20 | 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 67 |y argue |that a g|
|00000590| 61 73 2d 74 61 78 0d 0a | 62 6f 6f 73 74 20 2d 2d |as-tax..|boost --|
|000005a0| 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f | 70 6f 73 61 6c 73 20 73 | the pro|posals s|
|000005b0| 70 61 6e 20 66 72 6f 6d | 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 37 |pan from| about 7|
|000005c0| 20 63 65 6e 74 73 20 70 | 65 72 20 67 61 6c 2e 20 | cents p|er gal. |
|000005d0| 74 6f 20 35 30 0d 0a 63 | 65 6e 74 73 20 2d 2d 20 |to 50..c|ents -- |
|000005e0| 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 | 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 20 |would be| simple |
|000005f0| 74 6f 20 61 64 6d 69 6e | 69 73 74 65 72 20 61 6e |to admin|ister an|
|00000600| 64 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 | 62 72 69 6e 67 20 61 20 |d would |bring a |
|00000610| 67 75 73 68 65 72 0d 0a | 6f 66 20 6e 65 77 20 72 |gusher..|of new r|
|00000620| 65 76 65 6e 75 65 73 2e | 20 41 73 20 66 72 69 6e |evenues.| As frin|
|00000630| 67 65 20 62 65 6e 65 66 | 69 74 73 2c 20 74 68 65 |ge benef|its, the|
|00000640| 20 74 61 78 20 77 6f 75 | 6c 64 20 68 65 6c 70 20 | tax wou|ld help |
|00000650| 74 68 65 0d 0a 65 6e 76 | 69 72 6f 6e 6d 65 6e 74 |the..env|ironment|
|00000660| 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 | 20 55 2e 53 2e 20 74 72 | and the| U.S. tr|
|00000670| 61 64 65 20 70 6f 73 69 | 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0d 0a 0d |ade posi|tion....|
|00000680| 0a 20 20 20 20 4f 6e 20 | 74 68 65 20 6f 70 70 6f |.    On |the oppo|
|00000690| 73 69 6e 67 20 73 69 64 | 65 2c 20 6d 61 72 63 68 |sing sid|e, march|
|000006a0| 69 6e 67 20 62 65 6e 65 | 61 74 68 20 73 75 63 68 |ing bene|ath such|
|000006b0| 20 63 61 74 63 68 79 20 | 61 63 72 6f 6e 79 6d 73 | catchy |acronyms|
|000006c0| 0d 0a 61 73 20 46 55 45 | 4c 20 28 46 75 65 6c 20 |..as FUE|L (Fuel |
|000006d0| 55 73 65 72 73 20 66 6f | 72 20 45 71 75 69 74 61 |Users fo|r Equita|
|000006e0| 62 6c 65 20 4c 65 76 69 | 65 73 29 20 61 6e 64 20 |ble Levi|es) and |
|000006f0| 54 52 49 50 20 28 54 68 | 65 20 52 6f 61 64 0d 0a |TRIP (Th|e Road..|
|00000700| 49 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 | 69 6f 6e 20 50 72 6f 67 |Informat|ion Prog|
|00000710| 72 61 6d 29 2c 20 61 72 | 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 75 |ram), ar|e some u|
|00000720| 6e 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 20 | 66 65 6c 6c 6f 77 20 74 |nlikely |fellow t|
|00000730| 72 61 76 65 6c 65 72 73 | 2e 20 41 6d 6f 6e 67 0d |ravelers|. Among.|
|00000740| 0a 74 68 65 6d 3a 20 74 | 68 65 20 41 6d 65 72 69 |.them: t|he Ameri|
|00000750| 63 61 6e 20 50 65 74 72 | 6f 6c 65 75 6d 20 49 6e |can Petr|oleum In|
|00000760| 73 74 69 74 75 74 65 2c | 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 72 |stitute,| which r|
|00000770| 65 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 | 73 20 62 69 67 20 6f 69 |epresent|s big oi|
|00000780| 6c 0d 0a 63 6f 6d 70 61 | 6e 69 65 73 2c 20 61 6e |l..compa|nies, an|
|00000790| 64 20 41 6d 65 72 69 63 | 61 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 |d Americ|ans for |
|000007a0| 44 65 6d 6f 63 72 61 74 | 69 63 20 41 63 74 69 6f |Democrat|ic Actio|
|000007b0| 6e 2c 20 61 20 6c 65 66 | 74 2d 77 69 6e 67 0d 0a |n, a lef|t-wing..|
|000007c0| 6f 72 67 61 6e 69 7a 61 | 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 68 61 |organiza|tion tha|
|000007d0| 74 20 72 61 74 65 73 20 | 70 75 62 6c 69 63 20 6f |t rates |public o|
|000007e0| 66 66 69 63 65 20 68 6f | 6c 64 65 72 73 20 6f 6e |ffice ho|lders on|
|000007f0| 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 73 | 75 70 70 6f 72 74 0d 0a | their s|upport..|
|00000800| 66 6f 72 20 6c 69 62 65 | 72 61 6c 20 69 73 73 75 |for libe|ral issu|
|00000810| 65 73 2e 20 42 6f 74 68 | 20 67 72 6f 75 70 73 20 |es. Both| groups |
|00000820| 63 6f 6e 74 65 6e 64 20 | 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 67 |contend |that a g|
|00000830| 61 73 2d 74 61 78 20 69 | 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 0d |as-tax i|ncrease.|
|00000840| 0a 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 75 | 6e 66 61 69 72 6c 79 20 |.would u|nfairly |
|00000850| 62 75 72 64 65 6e 20 6c | 6f 77 65 72 2d 69 6e 63 |burden l|ower-inc|
|00000860| 6f 6d 65 20 6d 6f 74 6f | 72 69 73 74 73 20 62 65 |ome moto|rists be|
|00000870| 63 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 | 65 79 20 73 70 65 6e 64 |cause th|ey spend|
|00000880| 20 61 0d 0a 68 69 67 68 | 65 72 20 70 72 6f 70 6f | a..high|er propo|
|00000890| 72 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 | 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 69 |rtion of| their i|
|000008a0| 6e 63 6f 6d 65 20 6f 6e | 20 66 75 65 6c 20 74 68 |ncome on| fuel th|
|000008b0| 61 6e 20 62 65 74 74 65 | 72 2d 6f 66 66 0d 0a 64 |an bette|r-off..d|
|000008c0| 72 69 76 65 72 73 20 64 | 6f 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6f |rivers d|o. The o|
|000008d0| 70 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 73 | 20 61 72 65 20 6a 6f 69 |pponents| are joi|
|000008e0| 6e 65 64 20 62 79 20 73 | 74 61 74 65 20 6c 65 67 |ned by s|tate leg|
|000008f0| 69 73 6c 61 74 6f 72 73 | 2c 20 77 68 6f 0d 0a 66 |islators|, who..f|
|00000900| 65 61 72 20 74 68 61 74 | 20 61 20 68 69 67 68 65 |ear that| a highe|
|00000910| 72 20 66 65 64 65 72 61 | 6c 20 6c 65 76 79 20 77 |r federa|l levy w|
|00000920| 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 71 75 | 65 65 7a 65 20 74 68 65 |ould squ|eeze the|
|00000930| 69 72 20 61 62 69 6c 69 | 74 79 20 74 6f 0d 0a 72 |ir abili|ty to..r|
|00000940| 61 69 73 65 20 6d 6f 72 | 65 20 72 65 76 65 6e 75 |aise mor|e revenu|
|00000950| 65 73 20 74 68 72 6f 75 | 67 68 20 74 68 65 69 72 |es throu|gh their|
|00000960| 20 6f 77 6e 20 67 61 73 | 20 74 61 78 65 73 20 28 | own gas| taxes (|
|00000970| 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c | 0d 0a 61 76 65 72 61 67 |national|..averag|
|00000980| 65 3a 20 31 35 20 63 65 | 6e 74 73 20 70 65 72 20 |e: 15 ce|nts per |
|00000990| 67 61 6c 2e 29 2e 0d 0a | 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 54 68 |gal.)...|..    Th|
|000009a0| 65 20 74 61 78 20 69 73 | 73 75 65 20 69 73 20 64 |e tax is|sue is d|
|000009b0| 69 76 69 64 69 6e 67 20 | 74 68 65 20 72 65 67 69 |ividing |the regi|
|000009c0| 6f 6e 73 2e 20 4f 70 70 | 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 |ons. Opp|osition |
|000009d0| 69 73 20 66 69 65 72 63 | 65 0d 0a 69 6e 20 73 70 |is fierc|e..in sp|
|000009e0| 72 61 77 6c 69 6e 67 20 | 57 65 73 74 65 72 6e 20 |rawling |Western |
|000009f0| 73 74 61 74 65 73 2c 20 | 77 68 65 72 65 20 73 6f |states, |where so|
|00000a00| 6d 65 20 6d 6f 74 6f 72 | 69 73 74 73 20 72 6f 75 |me motor|ists rou|
|00000a10| 74 69 6e 65 6c 79 0d 0a | 64 72 69 76 65 20 37 35 |tinely..|drive 75|
|00000a20| 20 6d 69 6c 65 73 20 2d | 2d 20 6f 66 74 65 6e 20 | miles -|- often |
|00000a30| 61 74 20 37 35 20 6d 2e | 70 2e 68 2e 20 2d 2d 20 |at 75 m.|p.h. -- |
|00000a40| 74 6f 20 73 68 6f 70 20 | 6f 72 20 73 65 65 20 61 |to shop |or see a|
|00000a50| 0d 0a 64 6f 63 74 6f 72 | 2e 20 41 63 63 6f 72 64 |..doctor|. Accord|
|00000a60| 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 61 | 20 73 74 75 64 79 20 62 |ing to a| study b|
|00000a70| 79 20 74 68 65 20 41 6d | 65 72 69 63 61 6e 20 41 |y the Am|erican A|
|00000a80| 75 74 6f 6d 6f 62 69 6c | 65 0d 0a 41 73 73 6f 63 |utomobil|e..Assoc|
|00000a90| 69 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 | 77 68 69 63 68 20 73 74 |iation, |which st|
|00000aa0| 72 6f 6e 67 6c 79 20 6f | 70 70 6f 73 65 73 20 61 |rongly o|pposes a|
|00000ab0| 6e 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 | 73 65 2c 20 72 61 69 73 |n increa|se, rais|
|00000ac0| 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 0d | 0a 6c 65 76 79 20 77 6f |ing the.|.levy wo|
|00000ad0| 75 6c 64 20 68 69 74 20 | 57 79 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 |uld hit |Wyoming |
|00000ae0| 74 68 65 20 68 61 72 64 | 65 73 74 20 6f 66 20 61 |the hard|est of a|
|00000af0| 6e 79 20 73 74 61 74 65 | 2e 20 54 68 65 20 41 2e |ny state|. The A.|
|00000b00| 41 2e 41 2e 0d 0a 65 73 | 74 69 6d 61 74 65 64 20 |A.A...es|timated |
|00000b10| 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 35 | 30 20 63 65 6e 74 73 2d |that a 5|0 cents-|
|00000b20| 70 65 72 2d 67 61 6c 2e | 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 |per-gal.| increas|
|00000b30| 65 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 | 20 69 73 20 61 74 20 74 |e, which| is at t|
|00000b40| 68 65 0d 0a 68 69 67 68 | 20 65 6e 64 20 69 6e 20 |he..high| end in |
|00000b50| 74 68 65 20 72 61 6e 67 | 65 20 6f 66 20 70 72 6f |the rang|e of pro|
|00000b60| 70 6f 73 61 6c 73 2c 20 | 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 63 6f |posals, |would co|
|00000b70| 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 | 79 70 69 63 61 6c 0d 0a |st the t|ypical..|
|00000b80| 57 79 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 | 6d 6f 74 6f 72 69 73 74 |Wyoming |motorist|
|00000b90| 20 24 34 31 32 20 61 20 | 79 65 61 72 2e 20 4e 65 | $412 a |year. Ne|
|00000ba0| 77 20 59 6f 72 6b 65 72 | 73 20 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 |w Yorker|s  would|
|00000bb0| 20 70 61 79 20 24 32 38 | 32 20 6d 6f 72 65 0d 0a | pay $28|2 more..|
|00000bc0| 61 6e 64 20 57 61 73 68 | 69 6e 67 74 6f 6e 20 64 |and Wash|ington d|
|00000bd0| 72 69 76 65 72 73 20 61 | 6e 20 61 64 64 69 74 69 |rivers a|n additi|
|00000be0| 6f 6e 61 6c 20 24 31 39 | 38 2e 20 53 61 79 73 20 |onal $19|8. Says |
|00000bf0| 44 6f 75 67 20 54 6f 64 | 64 2c 20 61 0d 0a 52 65 |Doug Tod|d, a..Re|
|00000c00| 70 75 62 6c 69 63 61 6e | 20 73 74 61 74 65 20 73 |publican| state s|
|00000c10| 65 6e 61 74 6f 72 20 69 | 6e 20 41 72 69 7a 6f 6e |enator i|n Arizon|
|00000c20| 61 3a 20 22 57 65 20 6f | 75 67 68 74 20 74 6f 20 |a: "We o|ught to |
|00000c30| 68 61 76 65 20 61 0d 0a | 6c 79 6e 63 68 69 6e 67 |have a..|lynching|
|00000c40| 20 70 61 72 74 79 20 73 | 74 61 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 | party s|tanding |
|00000c50| 62 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 | 69 66 20 74 68 61 74 20 |by, and |if that |
|00000c60| 45 61 73 74 65 72 6e 20 | 62 75 6e 63 68 20 6f 66 |Eastern |bunch of|
|00000c70| 0d 0a 73 70 65 6e 64 74 | 68 72 69 66 74 73 20 67 |..spendt|hrifts g|
|00000c80| 65 74 73 20 69 74 20 70 | 61 73 73 65 64 2c 20 68 |ets it p|assed, h|
|00000c90| 61 6e 67 20 61 20 66 65 | 77 20 6f 66 20 27 65 6d |ang a fe|w of 'em|
|00000ca0| 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 | 65 20 6e 65 61 72 65 73 | from th|e neares|
|00000cb0| 74 0d 0a 6f 6e 20 72 61 | 6d 70 2e 22 0d 0a 0d 0a |t..on ra|mp."....|
|00000cc0| 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 | 24 31 2e 31 35 20 74 72 |    The |$1.15 tr|
|00000cd0| 69 6c 6c 69 6f 6e 20 62 | 75 64 67 65 74 20 74 68 |illion b|udget th|
|00000ce0| 61 74 20 50 72 65 73 69 | 64 65 6e 74 20 52 65 61 |at Presi|dent Rea|
|00000cf0| 67 61 6e 20 73 65 6e 74 | 20 74 6f 0d 0a 43 6f 6e |gan sent| to..Con|
|00000d00| 67 72 65 73 73 20 6c 61 | 73 74 20 77 65 65 6b 20 |gress la|st week |
|00000d10| 70 72 65 73 61 67 65 73 | 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d |presages| the com|
|00000d20| 69 6e 67 20 62 61 74 74 | 6c 65 20 62 79 20 70 6f |ing batt|le by po|
|00000d30| 69 6e 74 65 64 6c 79 0d | 0a 72 65 6a 65 63 74 69 |intedly.|.rejecti|
|00000d40| 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6e | 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 69 |ng the n|eed to i|
|00000d50| 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 | 61 6e 79 20 74 61 78 65 |ncrease |any taxe|
|00000d60| 73 20 74 6f 20 63 75 74 | 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f |s to cut| the pro|
|00000d70| 6a 65 63 74 65 64 0d 0a | 31 39 39 30 20 64 65 66 |jected..|1990 def|
|00000d80| 69 63 69 74 20 6f 66 20 | 24 31 32 37 20 62 69 6c |icit of |$127 bil|
|00000d90| 6c 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 | 74 68 65 20 24 31 30 30 |lion to |the $100|
|00000da0| 20 62 69 6c 6c 69 6f 6e | 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 | billion| require|
|00000db0| 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 | 0d 0a 47 72 61 6d 6d 2d |d by the|..Gramm-|
|00000dc0| 52 75 64 6d 61 6e 20 6c | 61 77 2e 20 49 6e 73 74 |Rudman l|aw. Inst|
|00000dd0| 65 61 64 2c 20 74 68 65 | 20 52 65 61 67 61 6e 20 |ead, the| Reagan |
|00000de0| 62 75 64 67 65 74 20 70 | 72 6f 70 6f 73 65 73 20 |budget p|roposes |
|00000df0| 74 6f 0d 0a 61 63 63 6f | 6d 70 6c 69 73 68 20 74 |to..acco|mplish t|
|00000e00| 68 61 74 20 69 6e 20 70 | 61 72 74 20 62 79 20 65 |hat in p|art by e|
|00000e10| 6c 69 6d 69 6e 61 74 69 | 6e 67 20 38 32 20 66 65 |liminati|ng 82 fe|
|00000e20| 64 65 72 61 6c 20 70 72 | 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 2c 20 |deral pr|ograms, |
|00000e30| 61 6c 6c 0d 0a 6f 66 20 | 77 68 69 63 68 20 43 6f |all..of |which Co|
|00000e40| 6e 67 72 65 73 73 20 68 | 61 73 20 64 65 66 65 6e |ngress h|as defen|
|00000e50| 64 65 64 20 69 6e 20 70 | 61 73 74 20 62 75 64 67 |ded in p|ast budg|
|00000e60| 65 74 73 2e 20 57 68 69 | 6c 65 20 44 65 6d 6f 63 |ets. Whi|le Democ|
|00000e70| 72 61 74 73 0d 0a 64 69 | 73 6d 69 73 73 65 64 20 |rats..di|smissed |
|00000e80| 74 68 65 20 52 65 61 67 | 61 6e 20 64 6f 63 75 6d |the Reag|an docum|
|00000e90| 65 6e 74 20 61 73 20 22 | 69 72 72 65 6c 65 76 61 |ent as "|irreleva|
|00000ea0| 6e 74 2c 22 20 73 69 6e | 63 65 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 |nt," sin|ce..Pres|
|00000eb0| 69 64 65 6e 74 2d 65 6c | 65 63 74 20 42 75 73 68 |ident-el|ect Bush|
|00000ec0| 20 70 6c 61 6e 73 20 74 | 6f 20 73 75 62 6d 69 74 | plans t|o submit|
|00000ed0| 20 61 20 72 65 76 69 73 | 65 64 20 76 65 72 73 69 | a revis|ed versi|
|00000ee0| 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 46 65 | 62 2e 0d 0a 32 30 2c 20 |on by Fe|b...20, |
|00000ef0| 74 68 65 20 69 6e 63 6f | 6d 69 6e 67 20 41 64 6d |the inco|ming Adm|
|00000f00| 69 6e 69 73 74 72 61 74 | 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 75 |inistrat|ion is u|
|00000f10| 6e 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 20 | 74 6f 20 65 6d 62 72 61 |nlikely |to embra|
|00000f20| 63 65 20 61 20 74 61 78 | 0d 0a 69 6e 63 72 65 61 |ce a tax|..increa|
|00000f30| 73 65 20 75 6e 74 69 6c | 20 69 74 20 62 65 63 6f |se until| it beco|
|00000f40| 6d 65 73 20 61 6e 20 75 | 6e 61 76 6f 69 64 61 62 |mes an u|navoidab|
|00000f50| 6c 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 | 6f 6d 69 73 65 2e 20 41 |le compr|omise. A|
|00000f60| 6c 6f 6e 67 20 77 69 74 | 68 0d 0a 68 69 73 20 62 |long wit|h..his b|
|00000f70| 72 6f 61 64 20 22 72 65 | 61 64 20 6d 79 20 6c 69 |road "re|ad my li|
|00000f80| 70 73 22 20 70 6c 65 64 | 67 65 20 64 75 72 69 6e |ps" pled|ge durin|
|00000f90| 67 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 | 6c 6c 20 63 61 6d 70 61 |g the fa|ll campa|
|00000fa0| 69 67 6e 2c 20 42 75 73 | 68 0d 0a 73 70 65 63 69 |ign, Bus|h..speci|
|00000fb0| 66 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 | 72 75 6c 65 64 20 6f 75 |fically |ruled ou|
|00000fc0| 74 20 61 20 68 69 67 68 | 65 72 20 67 61 73 6f 6c |t a high|er gasol|
|00000fd0| 69 6e 65 20 6c 65 76 79 | 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 |ine levy|.....   |
|00000fe0| 20 45 76 65 6e 20 74 68 | 6f 75 67 68 20 61 6e 20 | Even th|ough an |
|00000ff0| 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 | 64 20 74 61 78 20 6d 61 |increase|d tax ma|
|00001000| 79 20 62 65 20 68 65 61 | 6c 74 68 79 20 70 6f 6c |y be hea|lthy pol|
|00001010| 69 63 79 20 69 6e 20 74 | 68 65 0d 0a 6c 6f 6e 67 |icy in t|he..long|
|00001020| 20 72 75 6e 2c 20 6d 6f | 73 74 20 55 2e 53 2e 20 | run, mo|st U.S. |
|00001030| 6d 6f 74 6f 72 69 73 74 | 73 20 73 65 65 20 69 74 |motorist|s see it|
|00001040| 20 61 73 20 62 69 74 74 | 65 72 20 6d 65 64 69 63 | as bitt|er medic|
|00001050| 69 6e 65 2e 0d 0a 41 6d | 65 72 69 63 61 6e 73 20 |ine...Am|ericans |
|00001060| 68 6f 6c 64 20 74 68 69 | 73 20 76 69 65 77 20 65 |hold thi|s view e|
|00001070| 76 65 6e 20 74 68 6f 75 | 67 68 20 74 68 65 79 20 |ven thou|gh they |
|00001080| 70 61 79 20 61 6e 20 61 | 76 65 72 61 67 65 20 6f |pay an a|verage o|
|00001090| 66 0d 0a 6f 6e 6c 79 20 | 39 32 2e 36 20 63 65 6e |f..only |92.6 cen|
|000010a0| 74 73 20 70 65 72 20 67 | 61 6c 2e 2c 20 69 6e 63 |ts per g|al., inc|
|000010b0| 6c 75 64 69 6e 67 20 61 | 6c 6c 20 74 61 78 65 73 |luding a|ll taxes|
|000010c0| 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 | 69 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f |, which |is one o|
|000010d0| 66 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 6c | 6f 77 65 73 74 20 6c 65 |f..the l|owest le|
|000010e0| 76 65 6c 73 20 69 6e 20 | 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6c |vels in |the worl|
|000010f0| 64 20 2d 2d 20 61 6e 64 | 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 31 |d -- and| below 1|
|00001100| 39 35 30 20 70 72 69 63 | 65 73 20 61 66 74 65 72 |950 pric|es after|
|00001110| 0d 0a 69 6e 66 6c 61 74 | 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 64 |..inflat|ion is d|
|00001120| 65 64 75 63 74 65 64 2e | 20 49 6e 20 61 20 54 49 |educted.| In a TI|
|00001130| 4d 45 20 73 75 72 76 65 | 79 20 63 6f 6e 64 75 63 |ME surve|y conduc|
|00001140| 74 65 64 20 6c 61 73 74 | 20 77 65 65 6b 20 62 79 |ted last| week by|
|00001150| 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 6f 70 | 69 6e 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 |..the op|inion fi|
|00001160| 72 6d 20 59 61 6e 6b 65 | 6c 6f 76 69 63 68 20 43 |rm Yanke|lovich C|
|00001170| 6c 61 6e 63 79 20 53 68 | 75 6c 6d 61 6e 2c 20 6e |lancy Sh|ulman, n|
|00001180| 65 61 72 6c 79 0d 0a 74 | 68 72 65 65 2d 71 75 61 |early..t|hree-qua|
|00001190| 72 74 65 72 73 20 6f 66 | 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 70 |rters of| those p|
|000011a0| 6f 6c 6c 65 64 20 73 61 | 69 64 20 74 68 65 79 20 |olled sa|id they |
|000011b0| 6f 70 70 6f 73 65 64 20 | 61 6e 79 20 74 61 78 20 |opposed |any tax |
|000011c0| 62 6f 6f 73 74 0d 0a 74 | 6f 20 72 65 64 75 63 65 |boost..t|o reduce|
|000011d0| 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 64 | 67 65 74 20 64 65 66 69 | the bud|get defi|
|000011e0| 63 69 74 2e 20 41 20 6e | 65 61 72 6c 79 20 65 71 |cit. A n|early eq|
|000011f0| 75 61 6c 20 6e 75 6d 62 | 65 72 0d 0a 61 63 6b 6e |ual numb|er..ackn|
|00001200| 6f 77 6c 65 64 67 65 64 | 2c 20 68 6f 77 65 76 65 |owledged|, howeve|
|00001210| 72 2c 20 74 68 61 74 20 | 61 6e 20 69 6e 63 72 65 |r, that |an incre|
|00001220| 61 73 65 20 73 65 65 6d | 65 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 6c |ase seem|ed likel|
|00001230| 79 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 | 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 42 75 |y during|..the Bu|
|00001240| 73 68 20 41 64 6d 69 6e | 69 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f |sh Admin|istratio|
|00001250| 6e 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 | 61 73 6b 65 64 20 77 68 |n. When |asked wh|
|00001260| 69 63 68 20 74 61 78 20 | 74 68 65 79 20 77 6f 75 |ich tax |they wou|
|00001270| 6c 64 20 72 61 74 68 65 | 72 0d 0a 73 65 65 20 72 |ld rathe|r..see r|
|00001280| 61 69 73 65 64 20 69 66 | 20 61 6e 20 69 6e 63 72 |aised if| an incr|
|00001290| 65 61 73 65 20 77 61 73 | 20 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 |ease was| necessa|
|000012a0| 72 79 2c 20 32 36 25 20 | 66 61 76 6f 72 65 64 20 |ry, 26% |favored |
|000012b0| 74 68 65 20 67 61 73 0d | 0a 74 61 78 2e 20 54 68 |the gas.|.tax. Th|
|000012c0| 65 20 6d 65 61 73 75 72 | 65 20 77 61 73 20 73 65 |e measur|e was se|
|000012d0| 63 6f 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 | 74 68 65 20 75 6e 74 72 |cond to |the untr|
|000012e0| 69 65 64 20 6e 6f 74 69 | 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 61 20 |ied noti|on of a |
|000012f0| 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c | 0d 0a 73 61 6c 65 73 20 |national|..sales |
|00001300| 74 61 78 2c 20 77 68 69 | 63 68 20 34 34 25 20 73 |tax, whi|ch 44% s|
|00001310| 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 2e | 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 |elected.|....    |
|00001320| 53 74 69 6c 6c 2c 20 73 | 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 72 |Still, s|upporter|
|00001330| 73 20 6f 66 20 61 20 67 | 61 73 2d 74 61 78 20 69 |s of a g|as-tax i|
|00001340| 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 | 73 61 79 20 69 74 20 68 |ncrease |say it h|
|00001350| 61 73 20 65 6d 65 72 67 | 65 64 0d 0a 61 73 20 74 |as emerg|ed..as t|
|00001360| 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 20 | 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 |he best |option f|
|00001370| 6f 72 20 63 75 74 74 69 | 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 64 |or cutti|ng the d|
|00001380| 65 66 69 63 69 74 2e 20 | 45 61 63 68 20 31 20 63 |eficit. |Each 1 c|
|00001390| 65 6e 74 73 20 70 65 72 | 0d 0a 67 61 6c 2e 20 77 |ents per|..gal. w|
|000013a0| 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 72 69 | 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 24 31 |ould bri|ng in $1|
|000013b0| 20 62 69 6c 6c 69 6f 6e | 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 6e 75 | billion| in annu|
|000013c0| 61 6c 20 72 65 76 65 6e | 75 65 2c 20 61 63 63 6f |al reven|ue, acco|
|000013d0| 72 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f | 20 61 0d 0a 77 69 64 65 |rding to| a..wide|
|000013e0| 6c 79 20 75 73 65 64 20 | 72 75 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 |ly used |rule of |
|000013f0| 74 68 75 6d 62 2e 20 52 | 6f 73 74 65 6e 6b 6f 77 |thumb. R|ostenkow|
|00001400| 73 6b 69 20 6c 61 73 74 | 20 6d 6f 6e 74 68 20 20 |ski last| month  |
|00001410| 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 65 | 64 20 61 0d 0a 31 35 20 |suggeste|d a..15 |
|00001420| 63 65 6e 74 73 2d 70 65 | 72 2d 67 61 6c 2e 20 69 |cents-pe|r-gal. i|
|00001430| 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 | 62 75 74 20 77 6f 75 6c |ncrease |but woul|
|00001440| 64 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 | 6c 79 20 73 65 74 74 6c |d probab|ly settl|
|00001450| 65 20 66 6f 72 20 6c 65 | 73 73 2e 0d 0a 54 6f 20 |e for le|ss...To |
|00001460| 65 61 73 65 20 74 68 65 | 20 62 75 72 64 65 6e 20 |ease the| burden |
|00001470| 6f 6e 20 6c 6f 77 2d 69 | 6e 63 6f 6d 65 20 6d 6f |on low-i|ncome mo|
|00001480| 74 6f 72 69 73 74 73 2c | 20 52 6f 73 74 65 6e 6b |torists,| Rostenk|
|00001490| 6f 77 73 6b 69 20 77 6f | 75 6c 64 0d 0a 70 72 6f |owski wo|uld..pro|
|000014a0| 76 69 64 65 20 74 68 65 | 6d 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 |vide the|m with i|
|000014b0| 6e 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 61 | 78 20 63 72 65 64 69 74 |ncome ta|x credit|
|000014c0| 73 2e 20 53 61 79 73 20 | 52 6f 73 74 65 6e 6b 6f |s. Says |Rostenko|
|000014d0| 77 73 6b 69 3a 20 22 49 | 0d 0a 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 |wski: "I|..don't |
|000014e0| 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 69 74 | 27 73 20 61 73 20 72 65 |think it|'s as re|
|000014f0| 67 72 65 73 73 69 76 65 | 20 61 73 20 70 65 6f 70 |gressive| as peop|
|00001500| 6c 65 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 | 69 74 20 6f 75 74 20 74 |le make |it out t|
|00001510| 6f 20 62 65 2e 22 0d 0a | 41 64 76 6f 63 61 74 65 |o be."..|Advocate|
|00001520| 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | 20 74 61 78 20 61 6c 73 |s of the| tax als|
|00001530| 6f 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 | 6f 75 74 20 74 68 61 74 |o point |out that|
|00001540| 20 62 79 20 74 68 72 6f | 74 74 6c 69 6e 67 20 62 | by thro|ttling b|
|00001550| 61 63 6b 0d 0a 63 6f 6e | 73 75 6d 70 74 69 6f 6e |ack..con|sumption|
|00001560| 20 69 74 20 77 6f 75 6c | 64 20 63 75 74 20 70 6f | it woul|d cut po|
|00001570| 6c 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 | 61 6e 64 20 72 65 64 75 |llution |and redu|
|00001580| 63 65 20 55 2e 53 2e 20 | 64 65 70 65 6e 64 65 6e |ce U.S. |dependen|
|00001590| 63 65 20 6f 6e 0d 0a 66 | 6f 72 65 69 67 6e 20 6f |ce on..f|oreign o|
|000015a0| 69 6c 2e 20 49 6d 70 6f | 72 74 73 20 61 63 63 6f |il. Impo|rts acco|
|000015b0| 75 6e 74 65 64 20 66 6f | 72 20 34 32 25 20 6f 66 |unted fo|r 42% of|
|000015c0| 20 55 2e 53 2e 20 63 6f | 6e 73 75 6d 70 74 69 6f | U.S. co|nsumptio|
|000015d0| 6e 20 6c 61 73 74 0d 0a | 79 65 61 72 2c 20 74 68 |n last..|year, th|
|000015e0| 65 20 68 69 67 68 65 73 | 74 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 |e highes|t level |
|000015f0| 73 69 6e 63 65 20 31 39 | 37 39 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 |since 19|79..... |
|00001600| 20 20 20 59 65 74 20 74 | 68 65 20 70 72 6f 70 6f |   Yet t|he propo|
|00001610| 6e 65 6e 74 73 20 68 61 | 76 65 20 61 73 73 65 6d |nents ha|ve assem|
|00001620| 62 6c 65 64 20 6e 6f 20 | 72 65 61 6c 20 63 6f 6e |bled no |real con|
|00001630| 73 74 69 74 75 65 6e 63 | 79 2e 0d 0a 22 54 68 69 |stituenc|y..."Thi|
|00001640| 73 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 | 20 61 20 74 61 78 20 74 |s is not| a tax t|
|00001650| 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 76 | 65 72 79 20 70 6f 70 75 |hat is v|ery popu|
|00001660| 6c 61 72 20 62 61 63 6b | 20 68 6f 6d 65 2c 20 62 |lar back| home, b|
|00001670| 75 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 | 74 61 78 0d 0a 69 73 3f |ut what |tax..is?|
|00001680| 22 20 73 61 79 73 20 20 | 52 65 70 72 65 73 65 6e |" says  |Represen|
|00001690| 74 61 74 69 76 65 20 41 | 6e 74 68 6f 6e 79 20 42 |tative A|nthony B|
|000016a0| 65 69 6c 65 6e 73 6f 6e | 2c 20 61 20 43 61 6c 69 |eilenson|, a Cali|
|000016b0| 66 6f 72 6e 69 61 0d 0a | 44 65 6d 6f 63 72 61 74 |fornia..|Democrat|
|000016c0| 20 77 68 6f 20 73 69 6e | 63 65 20 31 39 38 35 20 | who sin|ce 1985 |
|000016d0| 68 61 73 20 69 6e 74 72 | 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 74 |has intr|oduced t|
|000016e0| 77 6f 20 62 69 6c 6c 73 | 20 74 6f 20 72 61 69 73 |wo bills| to rais|
|000016f0| 65 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 67 | 61 73 6f 6c 69 6e 65 20 |e the..g|asoline |
|00001700| 74 61 78 2e 20 42 6f 74 | 68 20 68 61 76 65 20 67 |tax. Bot|h have g|
|00001710| 6f 6e 65 20 6e 6f 77 68 | 65 72 65 2e 20 54 68 65 |one nowh|ere. The|
|00001720| 20 75 6e 64 61 75 6e 74 | 65 64 20 42 65 69 6c 65 | undaunt|ed Beile|
|00001730| 6e 73 6f 6e 0d 0a 70 6c | 61 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 74 |nson..pl|ans to t|
|00001740| 72 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e | 20 69 6e 20 31 39 38 39 |ry again| in 1989|
|00001750| 2e 20 22 54 68 65 20 6d | 61 74 68 20 6a 75 73 74 |. "The m|ath just|
|00001760| 20 63 61 6c 6c 73 20 6f | 75 74 20 66 6f 72 0d 0a | calls o|ut for..|
|00001770| 74 61 78 65 73 2c 22 20 | 68 65 20 73 61 79 73 2c |taxes," |he says,|
|00001780| 20 22 61 6e 64 20 74 68 | 69 73 20 69 73 20 6f 6e | "and th|is is on|
|00001790| 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 73 |e of the| simples|
|000017a0| 74 20 6f 6e 65 73 20 61 | 72 6f 75 6e 64 2e 22 0d |t ones a|round.".|
|000017b0| 0a 53 61 79 73 20 4a 6f | 68 6e 20 47 6f 72 65 2c |.Says Jo|hn Gore,|
|000017c0| 20 61 20 57 61 73 68 69 | 6e 67 74 6f 6e 20 72 65 | a Washi|ngton re|
|000017d0| 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 61 | 74 69 76 65 20 6f 66 20 |presenta|tive of |
|000017e0| 42 72 69 74 69 73 68 0d | 0a 50 65 74 72 6f 6c 65 |British.|.Petrole|
|000017f0| 75 6d 3a 20 22 4e 6f 62 | 6f 64 79 27 73 20 70 75 |um: "Nob|ody's pu|
|00001800| 73 68 69 6e 67 20 66 6f | 72 20 61 20 68 69 67 68 |shing fo|r a high|
|00001810| 65 72 20 67 61 73 20 74 | 61 78 2c 20 62 75 74 20 |er gas t|ax, but |
|00001820| 69 74 20 73 65 65 6d 73 | 0d 0a 74 6f 20 68 61 76 |it seems|..to hav|
|00001830| 65 20 61 20 6c 69 66 65 | 20 6f 66 20 69 74 73 20 |e a life| of its |
|00001840| 6f 77 6e 2e 22 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 4f 70 70 |own."...|.    Opp|
|00001850| 6f 6e 65 6e 74 73 20 61 | 72 65 20 77 65 6c 6c 2d |onents a|re well-|
|00001860| 6f 72 67 61 6e 69 7a 65 | 64 20 61 6e 64 20 76 69 |organize|d and vi|
|00001870| 67 6f 72 6f 75 73 2e 20 | 46 55 45 4c 2c 20 77 68 |gorous. |FUEL, wh|
|00001880| 69 63 68 0d 0a 72 65 70 | 72 65 73 65 6e 74 73 20 |ich..rep|resents |
|00001890| 38 30 30 20 64 69 76 65 | 72 73 65 20 61 73 73 6f |800 dive|rse asso|
|000018a0| 63 69 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 | 2c 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6d |ciations|, last m|
|000018b0| 6f 6e 74 68 20 6c 61 75 | 6e 63 68 65 64 20 61 0d |onth lau|nched a.|
|000018c0| 0a 63 6f 6e 67 72 65 73 | 73 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 6c |.congres|sional l|
|000018d0| 65 74 74 65 72 2d 77 72 | 69 74 69 6e 67 20 63 61 |etter-wr|iting ca|
|000018e0| 6d 70 61 69 67 6e 20 74 | 6f 20 68 65 61 64 20 6f |mpaign t|o head o|
|000018f0| 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 | 61 78 0d 0a 69 6e 63 72 |ff the t|ax..incr|
|00001900| 65 61 73 65 20 62 65 66 | 6f 72 65 20 69 74 20 67 |ease bef|ore it g|
|00001910| 61 69 6e 73 20 6d 6f 6d | 65 6e 74 75 6d 2e 20 50 |ains mom|entum. P|
|00001920| 61 72 74 69 63 69 70 61 | 6e 74 73 20 72 61 6e 67 |articipa|nts rang|
|00001930| 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 | 74 68 65 0d 0a 41 6d 65 |ed from |the..Ame|
|00001940| 72 69 63 61 6e 20 53 6b | 69 20 46 65 64 65 72 61 |rican Sk|i Federa|
|00001950| 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 77 68 | 69 63 68 20 66 65 61 72 |tion, wh|ich fear|
|00001960| 73 20 61 20 66 61 6c 6c | 6f 66 66 20 69 6e 20 72 |s a fall|off in r|
|00001970| 65 73 6f 72 74 0d 0a 62 | 75 73 69 6e 65 73 73 20 |esort..b|usiness |
|00001980| 69 66 20 41 6d 65 72 69 | 63 61 6e 73 20 64 72 69 |if Ameri|cans dri|
|00001990| 76 65 20 6c 65 73 73 2c | 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |ve less,| to the |
|000019a0| 4e 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c | 20 41 73 73 6f 63 69 61 |National| Associa|
|000019b0| 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 0d | 0a 4d 61 6e 75 66 61 63 |tion of.|.Manufac|
|000019c0| 74 75 72 65 72 73 20 61 | 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 4e |turers a|nd the N|
|000019d0| 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 | 55 72 62 61 6e 20 4c 65 |ational |Urban Le|
|000019e0| 61 67 75 65 2e 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 45 76 65 |ague....|.    Eve|
|000019f0| 6e 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 | 20 46 55 45 4c 20 62 65 |n before| FUEL be|
|00001a00| 67 61 6e 20 69 74 73 20 | 70 75 73 68 2c 20 43 6f |gan its |push, Co|
|00001a10| 6e 67 72 65 73 73 20 73 | 65 65 6d 65 64 20 75 6e |ngress s|eemed un|
|00001a20| 77 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 0d | 0a 74 6f 20 61 6c 69 65 |willing.|.to alie|
|00001a30| 6e 61 74 65 20 6d 6f 74 | 6f 72 69 73 74 73 2c 20 |nate mot|orists, |
|00001a40| 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 6e | 20 74 68 65 20 55 2e 53 |which in| the U.S|
|00001a50| 2e 20 69 73 20 70 72 61 | 63 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 |. is pra|ctically|
|00001a60| 0d 0a 65 76 65 72 79 62 | 6f 64 79 2e 20 57 68 65 |..everyb|ody. Whe|
|00001a70| 6e 20 43 61 6c 69 66 6f | 72 6e 69 61 20 44 65 6d |n Califo|rnia Dem|
|00001a80| 6f 63 72 61 74 20 47 6c | 65 6e 6e 20 41 6e 64 65 |ocrat Gl|enn Ande|
|00001a90| 72 73 6f 6e 20 69 6e 74 | 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 |rson int|roduced |
|00001aa0| 61 0d 0a 48 6f 75 73 65 | 20 72 65 73 6f 6c 75 74 |a..House| resolut|
|00001ab0| 69 6f 6e 20 6f 70 70 6f | 73 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 79 |ion oppo|sing any|
|00001ac0| 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 | 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 79 | increas|e last y|
|00001ad0| 65 61 72 2c 20 68 65 20 | 71 75 69 63 6b 6c 79 0d |ear, he |quickly.|
|00001ae0| 0a 70 69 63 6b 65 64 20 | 75 70 20 31 32 32 20 63 |.picked |up 122 c|
|00001af0| 6f 2d 73 70 6f 6e 73 6f | 72 73 2e 20 41 6e 64 65 |o-sponso|rs. Ande|
|00001b00| 72 73 6f 6e 20 70 6c 61 | 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 6f 66 |rson pla|ns to of|
|00001b10| 66 65 72 20 74 68 65 0d | 0a 6e 6f 6e 62 69 6e 64 |fer the.|.nonbind|
|00001b20| 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 61 73 | 75 72 65 20 61 67 61 69 |ing meas|ure agai|
|00001b30| 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 | 65 65 6b 2e 20 53 61 79 |n this w|eek. Say|
|00001b40| 73 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 67 | 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 61 |s a cong|ressiona|
|00001b50| 6c 0d 0a 73 74 61 66 66 | 65 72 3a 20 22 54 68 65 |l..staff|er: "The|
|00001b60| 20 69 64 65 61 20 69 73 | 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6e 64 | idea is| to send|
|00001b70| 20 61 20 73 69 67 6e 61 | 6c 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 | a signa|l that i|
|00001b80| 6e 63 72 65 61 73 69 6e | 67 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 |ncreasin|g the ga|
|00001b90| 73 0d 0a 74 61 78 20 69 | 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 68 |s..tax i|s not th|
|00001ba0| 65 20 65 61 73 79 20 77 | 61 79 20 74 6f 20 67 6f |e easy w|ay to go|
|00001bb0| 2e 22 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 | 20 20 53 6f 6d 65 20 65 |."....  |  Some e|
|00001bc0| 63 6f 6e 6f 6d 69 73 74 | 73 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 |conomist|s point |
|00001bd0| 6f 75 74 20 74 68 61 74 | 20 63 6f 73 74 6c 69 65 |out that| costlie|
|00001be0| 72 20 66 75 65 6c 20 77 | 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 6c 6f |r fuel w|ould slo|
|00001bf0| 77 20 64 6f 77 6e 0d 0a | 74 68 65 20 65 63 6f 6e |w down..|the econ|
|00001c00| 6f 6d 79 20 61 6e 64 20 | 62 6f 6f 73 74 20 69 6e |omy and |boost in|
|00001c10| 66 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 | 73 6f 6d 65 77 68 61 74 |flation |somewhat|
|00001c20| 2e 20 41 63 63 6f 72 64 | 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 61 |. Accord|ing to a|
|00001c30| 20 73 74 75 64 79 0d 0a | 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 57 | study..|by the W|
|00001c40| 45 46 41 20 47 72 6f 75 | 70 2c 20 61 20 50 65 6e |EFA Grou|p, a Pen|
|00001c50| 6e 73 79 6c 76 61 6e 69 | 61 2d 62 61 73 65 64 20 |nsylvani|a-based |
|00001c60| 66 6f 72 65 63 61 73 74 | 69 6e 67 20 66 69 72 6d |forecast|ing firm|
|00001c70| 2c 20 61 20 31 30 0d 0a | 63 65 6e 74 73 2d 70 65 |, a 10..|cents-pe|
|00001c80| 72 2d 67 61 6c 2e 20 69 | 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 |r-gal. i|ncrease |
|00001c90| 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 63 | 63 65 6c 65 72 61 74 65 |would ac|celerate|
|00001ca0| 20 69 6e 66 6c 61 74 69 | 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 61 62 | inflati|on by ab|
|00001cb0| 6f 75 74 0d 0a 6f 6e 65 | 2d 74 68 69 72 64 20 6f |out..one|-third o|
|00001cc0| 66 20 31 25 20 61 6e 64 | 20 63 75 74 20 47 4e 50 |f 1% and| cut GNP|
|00001cd0| 20 62 79 20 24 31 30 20 | 62 69 6c 6c 69 6f 6e 2c | by $10 |billion,|
|00001ce0| 20 6f 72 20 6f 6e 65 2d | 66 69 66 74 68 20 6f 66 | or one-|fifth of|
|00001cf0| 20 31 25 2e 0d 0a 54 68 | 65 20 66 69 72 6d 20 65 | 1%...Th|e firm e|
|00001d00| 73 74 69 6d 61 74 65 64 | 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |stimated| that th|
|00001d10| 65 20 73 6c 6f 77 64 6f | 77 6e 20 69 6e 20 67 72 |e slowdo|wn in gr|
|00001d20| 6f 77 74 68 20 77 6f 75 | 6c 64 20 6c 65 61 64 20 |owth wou|ld lead |
|00001d30| 74 6f 0d 0a 38 30 2c 30 | 30 30 20 6c 61 79 6f 66 |to..80,0|00 layof|
|00001d40| 66 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 | 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 |fs in th|e first |
|00001d50| 79 65 61 72 20 6f 66 20 | 74 68 65 20 74 61 78 20 |year of |the tax |
|00001d60| 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 | 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 |increase|.....   |
|00001d70| 20 53 74 61 74 65 20 6c | 65 67 69 73 6c 61 74 6f | State l|egislato|
|00001d80| 72 73 20 6d 61 69 6e 74 | 61 69 6e 20 74 68 61 74 |rs maint|ain that|
|00001d90| 20 66 65 64 65 72 61 6c | 20 66 75 65 6c 20 74 61 | federal| fuel ta|
|00001da0| 78 65 73 20 73 68 6f 75 | 6c 64 20 62 65 0d 0a 75 |xes shou|ld be..u|
|00001db0| 73 65 64 20 6f 6e 6c 79 | 20 74 6f 20 70 61 79 20 |sed only| to pay |
|00001dc0| 66 6f 72 20 72 6f 61 64 | 73 20 61 6e 64 20 62 72 |for road|s and br|
|00001dd0| 69 64 67 65 73 2c 20 61 | 73 20 74 68 65 79 20 6d |idges, a|s they m|
|00001de0| 6f 73 74 6c 79 20 61 72 | 65 20 6e 6f 77 2c 0d 0a |ostly ar|e now,..|
|00001df0| 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 | 74 6f 20 63 75 74 20 74 |and not |to cut t|
|00001e00| 68 65 20 64 65 66 69 63 | 69 74 2e 20 42 65 73 69 |he defic|it. Besi|
|00001e10| 64 65 73 2c 20 77 69 74 | 68 20 74 61 78 65 73 20 |des, wit|h taxes |
|00001e20| 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 | 72 61 6e 67 69 6e 67 0d |already |ranging.|
|00001e30| 0a 66 72 6f 6d 20 47 65 | 6f 72 67 69 61 27 73 20 |.from Ge|orgia's |
|00001e40| 37 2e 35 20 63 65 6e 74 | 73 20 70 65 72 20 67 61 |7.5 cent|s per ga|
|00001e50| 6c 2e 20 74 6f 20 57 69 | 73 63 6f 6e 73 69 6e 27 |l. to Wi|sconsin'|
|00001e60| 73 20 32 30 2e 39 20 63 | 65 6e 74 73 2c 0d 0a 73 |s 20.9 c|ents,..s|
|00001e70| 74 61 74 65 20 6c 65 61 | 64 65 72 73 20 61 72 65 |tate lea|ders are|
|00001e80| 20 77 6f 72 72 69 65 64 | 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 | worried| that a |
|00001e90| 68 69 67 68 65 72 20 55 | 2e 53 2e 20 6c 65 76 79 |higher U|.S. levy|
|00001ea0| 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 72 | 65 73 74 72 69 63 74 0d | would r|estrict.|
|00001eb0| 0a 74 68 65 69 72 20 61 | 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 |.their a|bility t|
|00001ec0| 6f 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 | 73 65 20 74 68 65 69 72 |o increa|se their|
|00001ed0| 20 6f 77 6e 20 72 61 74 | 65 73 2e 20 47 65 6f 72 | own rat|es. Geor|
|00001ee0| 67 69 61 20 47 6f 76 65 | 72 6e 6f 72 20 4a 6f 65 |gia Gove|rnor Joe|
|00001ef0| 0d 0a 46 72 61 6e 6b 20 | 48 61 72 72 69 73 20 68 |..Frank |Harris h|
|00001f00| 61 73 20 70 72 6f 70 6f | 73 65 64 20 61 20 36 20 |as propo|sed a 6 |
|00001f10| 63 65 6e 74 73 20 72 61 | 69 73 65 20 69 6e 20 68 |cents ra|ise in h|
|00001f20| 69 73 20 73 74 61 74 65 | 27 73 20 20 37 2e 35 0d |is state|'s  7.5.|
|00001f30| 0a 63 65 6e 74 73 20 74 | 61 78 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 |.cents t|ax, and |
|00001f40| 6c 61 73 74 20 77 65 65 | 6b 20 47 6f 76 65 72 6e |last wee|k Govern|
|00001f50| 6f 72 20 4d 69 63 68 61 | 65 6c 20 44 75 6b 61 6b |or Micha|el Dukak|
|00001f60| 69 73 20 61 73 6b 65 64 | 20 66 6f 72 20 61 0d 0a |is asked| for a..|
|00001f70| 36 20 63 65 6e 74 73 20 | 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 |6 cents |increase|
|00001f80| 20 69 6e 20 4d 61 73 73 | 61 63 68 75 73 65 74 74 | in Mass|achusett|
|00001f90| 73 27 20 31 31 20 63 65 | 6e 74 73 20 6c 65 76 79 |s' 11 ce|nts levy|
|00001fa0| 20 74 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 | 20 62 61 6c 61 6e 63 65 | to help| balance|
|00001fb0| 0d 0a 68 69 73 20 62 75 | 64 67 65 74 2e 0d 0a 0d |..his bu|dget....|
|00001fc0| 0a 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 | 20 74 61 78 20 69 73 73 |.    The| tax iss|
|00001fd0| 75 65 20 68 61 73 20 63 | 61 75 73 65 64 20 61 20 |ue has c|aused a |
|00001fe0| 73 70 6c 69 74 20 61 6d | 6f 6e 67 20 44 65 74 72 |split am|ong Detr|
|00001ff0| 6f 69 74 20 61 75 74 6f | 6d 61 6b 65 72 73 2e 0d |oit auto|makers..|
|00002000| 0a 43 68 72 79 73 6c 65 | 72 20 43 68 61 69 72 6d |.Chrysle|r Chairm|
|00002010| 61 6e 20 4c 65 65 20 49 | 61 63 6f 63 63 61 20 61 |an Lee I|acocca a|
|00002020| 70 70 6c 61 75 64 73 20 | 74 68 65 20 69 6e 63 72 |pplauds |the incr|
|00002030| 65 61 73 65 20 70 72 6f | 70 6f 73 61 6c 20 61 6e |ease pro|posal an|
|00002040| 64 0d 0a 63 61 6c 6c 73 | 20 61 20 72 65 64 75 63 |d..calls| a reduc|
|00002050| 65 64 20 62 75 64 67 65 | 74 20 64 65 66 69 63 69 |ed budge|t defici|
|00002060| 74 20 22 67 6f 6f 64 20 | 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 |t "good |for the |
|00002070| 77 68 6f 6c 65 20 63 6f | 75 6e 74 72 79 2e 22 20 |whole co|untry." |
|00002080| 41 0d 0a 74 61 78 20 69 | 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 |A..tax i|ncrease |
|00002090| 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 68 75 | 72 74 20 49 61 63 6f 63 |could hu|rt Iacoc|
|000020a0| 63 61 20 61 20 62 69 74 | 20 6c 65 73 73 20 74 68 |ca a bit| less th|
|000020b0| 61 6e 20 68 69 73 20 42 | 69 67 20 54 68 72 65 65 |an his B|ig Three|
|000020c0| 0d 0a 72 69 76 61 6c 73 | 2c 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 |..rivals|, since |
|000020d0| 43 68 72 79 73 6c 65 72 | 27 73 20 66 6c 65 65 74 |Chrysler|'s fleet|
|000020e0| 20 6f 66 20 6d 6f 73 74 | 6c 79 20 6d 69 64 73 69 | of most|ly midsi|
|000020f0| 7a 65 2d 61 6e 64 2d 73 | 6d 61 6c 6c 65 72 0d 0a |ze-and-s|maller..|
|00002100| 63 61 72 73 20 67 65 74 | 73 20 61 6e 20 61 76 65 |cars get|s an ave|
|00002110| 72 61 67 65 20 6f 66 20 | 32 37 2e 35 20 6d 2e 70 |rage of |27.5 m.p|
|00002120| 2e 67 2e 2c 20 76 73 2e | 20 32 37 2e 32 20 66 6f |.g., vs.| 27.2 fo|
|00002130| 72 20 47 65 6e 65 72 61 | 6c 0d 0a 4d 6f 74 6f 72 |r Genera|l..Motor|
|00002140| 73 20 61 6e 64 20 32 36 | 2e 36 20 66 6f 72 20 46 |s and 26|.6 for F|
|00002150| 6f 72 64 2e 20 47 4d 20 | 43 68 61 69 72 6d 61 6e |ord. GM |Chairman|
|00002160| 20 52 6f 67 65 72 20 53 | 6d 69 74 68 20 68 61 73 | Roger S|mith has|
|00002170| 20 64 65 6e 6f 75 6e 63 | 65 64 0d 0a 61 20 68 69 | denounc|ed..a hi|
|00002180| 67 68 65 72 20 67 61 73 | 20 74 61 78 20 61 73 20 |gher gas| tax as |
|00002190| 22 63 72 75 65 6c 22 20 | 61 6e 64 20 22 75 6e 66 |"cruel" |and "unf|
|000021a0| 61 69 72 22 20 61 6e 64 | 20 61 72 67 75 65 64 20 |air" and| argued |
|000021b0| 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 0d | 0a 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 64 |that it.|.would d|
|000021c0| 61 6d 70 65 6e 20 61 75 | 74 6f 20 73 61 6c 65 73 |ampen au|to sales|
|000021d0| 2e 20 46 6f 72 64 20 68 | 61 73 20 73 74 72 61 64 |. Ford h|as strad|
|000021e0| 64 6c 65 64 20 74 68 65 | 20 66 65 6e 63 65 2e 20 |dled the| fence. |
|000021f0| 56 69 63 65 0d 0a 43 68 | 61 69 72 6d 61 6e 20 48 |Vice..Ch|airman H|
|00002200| 61 72 6f 6c 64 20 50 6f | 6c 69 6e 67 20 73 61 69 |arold Po|ling sai|
|00002210| 64 20 68 69 73 20 63 6f | 6d 70 61 6e 79 20 77 6f |d his co|mpany wo|
|00002220| 75 6c 64 20 73 75 70 70 | 6f 72 74 20 61 20 70 68 |uld supp|ort a ph|
|00002230| 61 73 65 64 0d 0a 69 6e | 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 6f |ased..in|crease o|
|00002240| 66 20 31 35 20 63 65 6e | 74 73 20 70 65 72 20 67 |f 15 cen|ts per g|
|00002250| 61 6c 2e 20 6f 76 65 72 | 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 79 |al. over| three y|
|00002260| 65 61 72 73 2c 20 62 75 | 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 |ears, bu|t only a|
|00002270| 73 20 61 0d 0a 6c 61 73 | 74 20 72 65 73 6f 72 74 |s a..las|t resort|
|00002280| 20 66 6f 72 20 63 75 74 | 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 | for cut|ting the|
|00002290| 20 64 65 66 69 63 69 74 | 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 | deficit|.....   |
|000022a0| 20 54 68 61 74 20 6d 61 | 79 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 62 | That ma|y well b|
|000022b0| 65 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 | 79 20 69 6e 20 77 68 69 |e the wa|y in whi|
|000022c0| 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 67 | 61 73 20 74 61 78 20 62 |ch the g|as tax b|
|000022d0| 65 63 6f 6d 65 73 20 6d | 6f 72 65 0d 0a 61 74 74 |ecomes m|ore..att|
|000022e0| 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 3a | 20 62 79 20 64 65 66 61 |ractive:| by defa|
|000022f0| 75 6c 74 2e 20 22 45 76 | 65 72 79 74 68 69 6e 67 |ult. "Ev|erything|
|00002300| 20 65 6c 73 65 20 69 73 | 20 77 6f 72 73 65 2c 22 | else is| worse,"|
|00002310| 20 73 61 79 73 0d 0a 65 | 63 6f 6e 6f 6d 69 73 74 | says..e|conomist|
|00002320| 20 4c 65 73 74 65 72 20 | 54 68 75 72 6f 77 2c 20 | Lester |Thurow, |
|00002330| 64 65 61 6e 20 6f 66 20 | 4d 2e 49 2e 54 2e 27 73 |dean of |M.I.T.'s|
|00002340| 20 53 6c 6f 61 6e 20 53 | 63 68 6f 6f 6c 20 6f 66 | Sloan S|chool of|
|00002350| 0d 0a 4d 61 6e 61 67 65 | 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 46 6f |..Manage|ment. Fo|
|00002360| 72 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6e | 63 65 2c 20 43 6f 6e 67 |r instan|ce, Cong|
|00002370| 72 65 73 73 20 77 69 6c | 6c 20 62 65 20 6c 6f 61 |ress wil|l be loa|
|00002380| 74 68 20 74 6f 20 66 69 | 64 64 6c 65 20 77 69 74 |th to fi|ddle wit|
|00002390| 68 0d 0a 70 65 72 73 6f | 6e 61 6c 20 69 6e 63 6f |h..perso|nal inco|
|000023a0| 6d 65 20 74 61 78 20 72 | 61 74 65 73 20 73 6f 20 |me tax r|ates so |
|000023b0| 73 6f 6f 6e 20 61 66 74 | 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 6c |soon aft|er the l|
|000023c0| 61 6e 64 6d 61 72 6b 20 | 54 61 78 20 52 65 66 6f |andmark |Tax Refo|
|000023d0| 72 6d 0d 0a 41 63 74 20 | 6f 66 20 31 39 38 36 2e |rm..Act |of 1986.|
|000023e0| 20 41 6e 64 20 77 68 69 | 6c 65 20 61 64 64 69 74 | And whi|le addit|
|000023f0| 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 22 73 | 69 6e 22 20 6c 65 76 69 |ional "s|in" levi|
|00002400| 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 61 6c | 63 6f 68 6f 6c 20 61 6e |es on al|cohol an|
|00002410| 64 0d 0a 74 6f 62 61 63 | 63 6f 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |d..tobac|co will |
|00002420| 62 65 20 61 6e 20 6f 70 | 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 74 68 |be an op|tion, th|
|00002430| 65 79 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 | 20 72 61 69 73 65 20 66 |ey would| raise f|
|00002440| 61 72 20 6c 65 73 73 20 | 72 65 76 65 6e 75 65 0d |ar less |revenue.|
|00002450| 0a 74 68 61 6e 20 61 20 | 63 6f 6d 70 61 72 61 62 |.than a |comparab|
|00002460| 6c 65 20 67 61 73 6f 6c | 69 6e 65 2d 74 61 78 20 |le gasol|ine-tax |
|00002470| 68 69 6b 65 2e 20 41 74 | 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d |hike. At| the sam|
|00002480| 65 20 74 69 6d 65 2c 20 | 61 0d 0a 6e 61 74 69 6f |e time, |a..natio|
|00002490| 6e 61 6c 20 73 61 6c 65 | 73 20 74 61 78 20 77 6f |nal sale|s tax wo|
|000024a0| 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 61 | 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 78 |uld be a| complex|
|000024b0| 20 65 78 70 65 72 69 6d | 65 6e 74 20 74 68 61 74 | experim|ent that|
|000024c0| 20 6c 61 77 6d 61 6b 65 | 72 73 0d 0a 73 65 65 6d | lawmake|rs..seem|
|000024d0| 20 75 6e 6c 69 6b 65 6c | 79 20 74 6f 20 74 72 79 | unlikel|y to try|
|000024e0| 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 | 20 54 68 65 20 73 68 6f |.....   | The sho|
|000024f0| 77 64 6f 77 6e 20 77 69 | 6c 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 61 |wdown wi|ll proba|
|00002500| 62 6c 79 20 63 6f 6d 65 | 20 6e 65 78 74 20 73 75 |bly come| next su|
|00002510| 6d 6d 65 72 20 77 68 65 | 6e 20 43 6f 6e 67 72 65 |mmer whe|n Congre|
|00002520| 73 73 0d 0a 61 6e 64 20 | 74 68 65 20 41 64 6d 69 |ss..and |the Admi|
|00002530| 6e 69 73 74 72 61 74 69 | 6f 6e 20 64 65 63 69 64 |nistrati|on decid|
|00002540| 65 20 68 6f 77 20 74 6f | 20 6d 65 65 74 20 74 68 |e how to| meet th|
|00002550| 65 20 24 31 30 30 20 62 | 69 6c 6c 69 6f 6e 0d 0a |e $100 b|illion..|
|00002560| 47 72 61 6d 6d 2d 52 75 | 64 6d 61 6e 20 64 65 66 |Gramm-Ru|dman def|
|00002570| 69 63 69 74 20 63 65 69 | 6c 69 6e 67 2e 20 41 66 |icit cei|ling. Af|
|00002580| 74 65 72 20 61 6e 20 65 | 78 74 65 6e 64 65 64 20 |ter an e|xtended |
|00002590| 62 6f 75 74 20 6f 66 0d | 0a 72 65 63 72 69 6d 69 |bout of.|.recrimi|
|000025a0| 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 | 6e 64 20 66 69 6e 67 65 |nation a|nd finge|
|000025b0| 72 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 69 | 6e 67 2c 20 62 6f 74 68 |r pointi|ng, both|
|000025c0| 20 73 69 64 65 73 20 77 | 69 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 | sides w|ill have|
|000025d0| 20 74 6f 0d 0a 61 67 72 | 65 65 20 74 6f 20 72 61 | to..agr|ee to ra|
|000025e0| 69 73 65 20 74 61 78 65 | 73 20 6f 72 20 63 75 74 |ise taxe|s or cut|
|000025f0| 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 24 33 | 30 20 62 69 6c 6c 69 6f | some $3|0 billio|
|00002600| 6e 20 74 6f 20 24 34 30 | 20 62 69 6c 6c 69 6f 6e |n to $40| billion|
|00002610| 0d 0a 66 72 6f 6d 20 63 | 68 65 72 69 73 68 65 64 |..from c|herished|
|00002620| 20 64 65 66 65 6e 73 65 | 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 63 | defense| and soc|
|00002630| 69 61 6c 20 70 72 6f 67 | 72 61 6d 73 2e 20 22 49 |ial prog|rams. "I|
|00002640| 74 27 73 20 66 61 69 72 | 6c 79 20 6c 69 6b 65 6c |t's fair|ly likel|
|00002650| 79 0d 0a 74 68 61 74 20 | 61 20 6d 6f 64 65 73 74 |y..that |a modest|
|00002660| 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 | 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 | increas|e in the|
|00002670| 20 67 61 73 6f 6c 69 6e | 65 20 74 61 78 20 77 69 | gasolin|e tax wi|
|00002680| 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 69 6e | 63 6c 75 64 65 64 22 20 |ll be in|cluded" |
|00002690| 69 6e 0d 0a 77 68 61 74 | 65 76 65 72 20 70 61 63 |in..what|ever pac|
|000026a0| 6b 61 67 65 20 65 6d 65 | 72 67 65 73 2c 20 73 61 |kage eme|rges, sa|
|000026b0| 79 73 20 43 61 6c 69 66 | 6f 72 6e 69 61 27 73 20 |ys Calif|ornia's |
|000026c0| 42 65 69 6c 65 6e 73 6f | 6e 2e 20 22 59 6f 75 27 |Beilenso|n. "You'|
|000026d0| 76 65 0d 0a 67 6f 74 20 | 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 |ve..got |to have |
|000026e0| 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e | 67 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 |somethin|g that's|
|000026f0| 20 77 72 61 70 70 65 64 | 20 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 | wrapped| up with|
|00002700| 20 61 20 73 6f 6c 75 74 | 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 | a solut|ion for |
|00002710| 61 0d 0a 62 69 67 67 65 | 72 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 |a..bigge|r proble|
|00002720| 6d 20 74 6f 20 70 72 6f | 76 69 64 65 20 70 6f 6c |m to pro|vide pol|
|00002730| 69 74 69 63 61 6c 20 63 | 6f 76 65 72 2e 22 20 49 |itical c|over." I|
|00002740| 66 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 | 6f 76 65 72 0d 0a 70 72 |f that c|over..pr|
|00002750| 6f 76 65 73 20 73 65 63 | 75 72 65 20 65 6e 6f 75 |oves sec|ure enou|
|00002760| 67 68 2c 20 22 67 61 73 | 20 74 61 78 22 20 6a 75 |gh, "gas| tax" ju|
|00002770| 73 74 20 6d 69 67 68 74 | 20 62 65 20 77 6f 72 64 |st might| be word|
|00002780| 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 47 | 65 6f 72 67 65 0d 0a 42 |s that G|eorge..B|
|00002790| 75 73 68 20 77 6f 75 6c | 64 20 70 72 6f 6e 6f 75 |ush woul|d pronou|
|000027a0| 6e 63 65 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a | 0d 0a                   |nce.....|..      |
+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+