You miss the point which is that tax takes food off the taxpayers table.

Government and taxes take money out of the economy.

"But I'd like to see more overall budget cuts before the taxes take place," he said.

April 1989: An unpopular 3 percent sales tax takes effect.

The proposed tax will take no account of regional variations.

But the new taxes - including a 5-cent increase on gasoline - did not take effect until the end of the year.

Everybody wants to stay, or get, under the $117 million payroll threshold over which the tax takes effect.

With the $155 billion Federal budget deficit, many contend that the real question is what form the new taxes will take.

The tax took effect in 1986 and was renewed in 1990.

If we opt for fiscal measures, what form should the tax take?