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01/27/2003 Archived Entry: "self-promo tcs"

SELF-PROMO ALERT: I have a piece today in Tech Central Station on why it is self-defeating for proponents of tax cuts to sell their proposals as a specific dollar amount. I've made this point repeatedly in these pages over the years - if you're going to try to sell a tax cut, the worst thing you can do is take misleading static estimates of how much it is going to cost and make that the primary identifier of your proposal. That shifts the entire debate too far in favor of those who oppose any real pro-growth tax reductions.