Remarks on Accepting a Gift From the People of Sri Lanka
06/17/1984
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I don't see that.
I think it is, pretty much, an election-year reaction.
About 80 percent of the money raised by the tax bill will come from plugging loopholes and from better compliance.
This tax bill is not, as it has so often been mislabeled, the biggest tax increase in history.