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Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, said, “The public has figured out they are not too happy with this new Congress.” -- Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times 68

Is It a Cut, an Increase -- or What?

by William F. Torpey

Democrats and Republicans take a different view of what a budget cut really is. When is a cut a cut? When is an increase an increase? And when the GOP and the Democrats go head-to-head over whether it's a cut or an increase -- who's right? published 6 months ago

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Slash Taxes for Me, You ... Us?

by William F. Torpey

Sometimes it's not easy to separate politics from the politician, good rhetoric from good policy, the wheat from the chaff. Republicans want big tax cuts. Democrats want big tax cuts. Most Americans want big tax cuts. Great! So what's the problem? published 7 months ago

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Christie Whitman59

Can Anyone Answer My Cry for Help?

by William F. Torpey

When Christie Whitman pledged to cut taxes by as much as 30 percent, I was instantly struck by such blatant demagoguery; it should have been crystal clear that she was simply playing off Gov. Jim Florio's huge, unpopular 1990 tax increase. published 9 months ago

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