EDITORIAL: New momentum for tax cuts
In the course of his two terms in Washington, Bill Clinton was incapable of delivering on the single promise that, more than any other, led to his election in 1992 -- a tax cut for the middle class. The cause of this failure: Bill Clinton. Every significant tax-cutting package that emerged from Congress -- including several passed with substantial support from Democrats -- was struck down by a Bill Clinton veto. With George W. Bush now in the White House, Republicans have wasted no time placing tax cuts at the top of their agenda. On Monday, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Phil Gramm, R-Texas, introduced a tax-cutting package that mirrors the plan Mr. Bush promoted on the campaign trail. The 10-year, $1.6 trillion proposal would reduce the five income tax rate brackets to four, cut the lowest marginal rate from 15 percent to 10 percent and slash the top rate from 39.6 percent to 33 percent. It would double the child tax credit, abolish the death tax, and significantly reduce the marriage penalty.
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EDITORIAL: Henderson grant
Henderson may receive a $2.25 million federal grant to hire more police officers. Good news for the city's residents, right? Not necessarily. The money provides a perfect example of how carrots from Washington drive up the cost of state and local government. The grant would pay for 75 percent of the salaries and benefits of 30 new police officers over the next three years. That leaves Henderson needing to scrounge up another $4 million to cover the remaining costs of adding the officers, including training and equipment.
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LETTERS: Invoking Jesus was hurtful to non-Christians
To the editor: It is deeply regrettable that the two clergymen who delivered the invocation and benediction at the presidential inauguration could not resist trying to turn an American event into a Christian event by invoking the name of Jesus.
COLUMN: Ken Ward
It was former Gov. Bob Miller's defining policy: a costly and unproven scheme awarded as a political payback to the teachers' union.
An open letter to the Rev. Jesse Jackson
Dear Jesse, What could you have been thinking? Everybody is talking about your indiscretion -- fathering a child out of wedlock.
EDITORIAL: Henderson grant
Henderson may receive a $2.25 million federal grant to hire more police officers.
EDITORIAL: New momentum for tax cuts
In the course of his two terms in Washington, Bill Clinton was incapable of delivering on the single promise that, more than any other, led to his election in 1992 -- a tax cut for the middle class.
THE BIG THREE/ COMING ATTRACTIONS
Subjects generating the most reader response: 1. LIGHTS OUT: electric deregulation 2.
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