American Prospect, The: Whose Tax Cuts? (Correspondence).(Letter to the Editor)

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Whose Tax Cuts? (Correspondence).(Letter to the Editor)

Charest, Stephen

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPLAUD Robert Reich's column "Whose Tax Cuts?" [Dec. 16]. If Democrats espouse this proposal, they should prepare for ripostes from the right. Of most concern will be: "Why should we expect one group (those who pay estate taxes) to pay for the retirement of the poor?" As Reich points out, a Social Security "lock ...