51. Both have been pinched hard by tax reform, which eliminated deductions for membership dues, and the decline in the downtown business base. 52. Both parties have singled out tax reform as their biggest priority, and both would lower top tax rates and eliminate loopholes. 53. Bradley spoke at Alvirne High School in Hudson, and he left his student audience silently squirming as he explained his record on tax reform and third world debt. 54. A fundamental tax reform has been discussed for three years and is long overdue. 55. A few, the really forward-looking ones, see the amendment as a towering obstacle to their hopes for radical tax reform. 56. A powerful coalition of agricultural, industrial and financial groups is simply refusing to pay up and has blocked all efforts at tax reform. 57. A second priority is tax reform. 58. A surging equity market and concern that tax reform could diminish the value of municipal bonds prompted many investors to reduce their holding of tax-exempt debt last year. 59. A substantial corporate tax reform will make doing business easier, as well as recouping some of the proceeds lost in the privatizations. 60. Aasbrink told a press conference that tax reform has not had the desired effect on high-income taxpayers. |
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