It caused George Bush to break with his party's dogma of tax cutting.
But the political appeal of tax cutting is apparent.
Now, even though we'll get some tax cutting, we'll not see the same rate of monetary expansion that we've had.
They don't understand that they are tax cutting (so service reducing) to the core.
Last week, Senate Republican leaders also showed a receptivity to more tax cutting.
Political analysts say it is economic expansion that has decreased the public interest in tax cutting.
But the enthusiasm for tax cutting remains undiminished among most Republicans.
There is no sign yet, however, that either overall spending or tax cutting is changing course.
"I'm all for tax cutting, but that kind of appears to be making a proposal on the fly."
In our present budget and political situation, the guiding principle for tax cutting must surely be that less is more.
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."