THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, October 25, 1996 TAG: 9610250004
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 27 lines
The Democrats claim to be on a track of building a bridge to the future, but a spike in that track is the idea of ``targeted tax breaks.'' It promises all kinds of windfalls to young families with children and to all things ``educational.''
Targeting is the new form of discrimination, a new morality based on government's perception of need, not fairness; on government-sanctioned behavior as set forth by an elite governing class in Washington; on big-brother ideas of cultural engineering.
Mr. Clinton's ``selective tax-relief'' will reward only those who take actions the government dictates and approves of. It seems that the American people cannot be trusted to follow their personal dreams by spending their own money as they see fit.
To those of you who do not fall into the qualifying select group of taxpayers - you're unmarried, have no children or have passed the child-rearing years - do not despair. You can still be a target, a target for higher taxes to pay for the giveaways.
ALBERT T. WOODSON
Monterey, Oct. 15, 1996 by CNB