GOP Tax Cut
* Recent letters (Sept. 13) have pounced on Jack Kemp for saying he could use a 15% tax cut. Apparently, one risks being called “greedy” if he seeks to earn more than a certain tactful amount of money. Would someone please explain to me exactly where this imaginary line falls? I don’t want to risk becoming an outcast just because of some unforeseen success I might encounter in my own career.
The opinions of these readers are typical among liberal double-talkers. At convention time, they praise the noble yet elusive American dream. After the election, they go about taxing the daylights out of anyone who has achieved the despicable, selfish American dream.
Voters who are worried about the deficit ramifications of Bob Dole’s proposed tax cut can rest assured that any revenue shortfalls will be paid for by our wealthiest Democratic congressmen, who will surely give back the extra 15% and continue paying their “fair share” as a matter of conscience.
KEVEN B. SMITH
Los Angeles
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