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After winning the 1988 presidential election, Bush met with state governors, and an agreement was made to pursue a meeting on education policy. [6] Bush met privately with 13 governors in May 1989, and the proposal of an education summit was positively received. [7] Bush announced the summit at a National Governors Association meeting in July ...
The headline of the New York Post the next day read "Read my Lips: I Lied." [12] Initially some argued that "tax revenue increases" did not necessarily mean tax increases. For example, he could mean that the government could work to increase taxable income. However, Bush soon confirmed that tax increases were on the table. [3]: 34
Over the course of the prior year, President George H. W. Bush negotiated with Congressional leaders on a deficit reduction plan. At the time, Congress was controlled by Democrats. In June, Bush announced support for tax increases to break a stall in the negotiations, abandoning his campaign promise of "read my lips: no new taxes".
The tributes to former President George H.W. Bush have focused on his life of service, his character, his sense of humor, his courage and his leadership. In a eulogy Wednesday at the Washington ...
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans should be allowed to expire this year in order to narrow the federal government's deficit. The New York ...
Wealthy Americans could pay around $50,000 more in taxes if Congress decides to let Bush tax cuts expire this year. For example, a married New Yorker earning about $1 million in income, with an ...
Cutler, William W. “Status, Values and the Education of the Poor: The Trustees of the New York Public School Society, 1805-1853.” American Quarterly 24#1 (1972), pp. 69–85. online; Edgell, Derek. The Movement for Community Control of New York City's Schools, 1966–1970: Class Wars, (Edwin Mellen Press, 1998). 532pp.
The "Bush Tax Cuts," which are the popularly known names of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 passed during President George W. Bush's first term, reduced the top marginal income tax rate from 38.6% [41] (annual income at $382,967+ adjusted for inflation ...