The politics of tax cutting this year are particularly complex.
So is tax cutting the real history of the Whitman administration at half time?
Those who are struggling the hardest need a tax cut the most.
But accelerating the tax cuts the president has won from Congress makes less sense.
Whatever position the companies take, the tax will probably cut consumption only marginally.
At this point, experts say, tax cutting plans are under discussion in roughly half the states.
And, he said, many more taxpayers will see their taxes cut next year when rates are fully lowered.
A 25-cent-a-gallon tax on oil would induce conservation, cut the Federal deficit in half and still leave the price below the 1986 level.
Several studies show higher taxes particularly cut drinking by teenagers, who have less money than adults to buy alcohol.
He called his tax cuts an "economic stimulus plan."
