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<text id=90TT2483>
<title>
Sep. 17, 1990: A Wilder Tax Ploy
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Sep. 17, 1990 The Rotting Of The Big Apple
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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GRAPEVINE, Page 19
A Wilder Tax Ploy
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<p>By David Ellis/Reported by Daniel S. Levy
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<p> Here's a radical notion: putting the Democrats on record as
the party committed to "no new taxes." The scheme is the latest
ploy from Virginia Democratic leader Paul Goldman, political
aide to Douglas Wilder, the nation's only black Governor.
Goldman will present a read-my-lips resolution to this week's
meeting of the Democratic National Committee, where its chances
are akin to Michael Dukakis' making a comeback. But Goldman's
gambit highlights the distinction between his man Wilder (who
has slashed spending rather than raise taxes in Virginia) and
both the Democratic congressional budget negotiators and Mario
Cuomo, who personally favors a federal tax hike for the most
affluent Americans. "We have too many rubber stamps in
Washington," says Goldman, striking a populist chord that
Wilder may echo in 1992.
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