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- <title>
- Sep. 17, 1990: A Wilder Tax Ploy
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Sep. 17, 1990 The Rotting Of The Big Apple
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- 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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