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American Prospect, The, October, 2002 by McIntyre, Robert S.
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MARK WEINBERGER DIDN'T SERVE LONG AS GEORGE W. Bush's assistant treasury secretary for tax policy, but until he retired last April, he was a man with a mission. Before and since--and apparently during--his brief stint at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Weinberger worked at Ernst & Young, the outspokenly unpatriotic accounting giant [See Robert S.
McIntyre, "Putting Profits over Patriotism," TAP, March 25, 2002.]. He was sent to the Treasury to accomplish one key goal: Undermine a law requiring corporations seeking a tax credit for research and experimentation to ...
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