T
Taft, William, 518
Tauke, Tom, 244
Tauzin, Billy, 150
Tax code:
as instrument of policy, 468 -70
preferences, 455 , 468 -69, 471 -72, 485 -86, 491 , 497 -502
as redistributive measure, 470
Tax cut—repeal and rollback attempts, 192 , 196 , 250 -52, 303 -4, 361 -62, 370 , 375
Tax cuts:
bidding war, 163 , 168 -75, 181
as cause of the deficit, 332 -33, 342 -44
Democratic preferences, 114 , 158 , 171
fairness, 107 -8
Hance-Conable plans, 163 -64, 166 , 173 -74, 178 , 180 , 182 , 342
indexing of individual rates, 112 , 169 -70, 175 , 601 n.46
1980 maneuvers, 41 , 51 -53, 54 -57
Republican doubts, 90 , 96 -97, 160
Senate finance, 169 -70
"sweetener" strategies, 118 -19, 158 -59, 160 -61, 166 -67
"10-5-3" accelerated depreciation, 34 -35, 54 , 79 , 93 , 112 , 163 -68, 600 -601n.35
three justifications, 79 -81, 130 -31
transition team, 79
See also Children's allowance theory; Economy—ideas about; Public opinion; Reagan, Ronald—moral economy; Reaganomics
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA), 217 , 219 , 249 -58, 285 , 294 , 296 , 324 -25, 327 , 331 , 342 , 384 , 402 , 479 , 501 , 527 , 552 , 553
See also Tax increases—successful
Tax increases—successful:
DEFRA, 383 -84, 390 -91, 395 -98, 401 -5, 628 -29n.63
gas tax, 301 -7
TEFRA, 173 , 192 -93, 217 -18, 229 -31, 234 , 236 , 238 , 249 -58
Treasury staff roles, 173 , 192 -93, 229 -31, 236 , 250 -51, 391
See also Social Security; "Three-for-One"
Tax increases—unsuccessful, 223 , 234 , 362 , 376 -77, 378 , 380 , 433 -35, 445 -46, 508 -9, 514
"contingency" plans, 358 -59, 361 , 385
in FY84 budget resolutions, 366 , 368 -69, 372 , 376 -77
indexing rollbacks, 371 , 375 , 378 , 393 , 394
Mondale campaign, 419 -25
tax the rich, 414 -15
See also Tax cut—repeal and rollback attempts
Tax reform 4 -5, 159 , 389 , 411 , 417 -18, 428 , 430
compromise, 492
consequences, 470
fairness, 470 -71, 474 -76, 480 , 483 , 485 , 489 , 495 , 498 -500, 503 , 552 , 559
as integrative solution, 467
media role, 481
public attitudes, 477 -78, 481 , 487 -88, 494 -95, 498 , 532
See also Media; Fairness issue; Public opinion
Tax Reform Action Coalition (TRAX), 501
Tax Reform Act of 1986, 468 -505
Teeter, Robert, 243
Thayer, Paul, 233
Therenot, Wayne, 500
Thomas, Bill, 151
Thomas, Dennis, 443
"Three-for-One," 237 , 249 , 254 -55, 298 , 308
Thurmond, Strom, 408
Thurow, Lester, 53 , 359 -60, 416 , 419
Tower, John, 109 , 192 , 391 , 396 -97, 400 , 439
Trowbridge, Alexander, 311 , 319 -20, 322
Truman, Harry, 52