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Jim Miller i
Opposed
To the Editor: i !
Why is the media not covering Jim Miller accurately? The Prince of Mud is portrayed with a halo. In fact, some are “asleep at the switch* on Miller’s record at the Office ojf Management and Budget.
Just a quick, easy search of Th$ Washington Post on CompuServe shows: Jim Miller was deeply involved in the Michael Deaver influence-peddling scandal. Deaver met with Miller one-on-one on behalf o£a B-l Bomber defense contractor, ; ii) Miller’s office at OMB. According*) front page stories in the Post ApriO and 22,1986.
In a meeting with Congre$$i Miller proposed raising income taxes by taxing health insurance pemi: ums paid by companies for their employees, repealing the deducatijgu for personal property taxes, taxirjg the increase in value in life-insurance policies and taxing credit unions. '"J
Miller claims credit for what tSe Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law did to reduce the budget deficit. Gramtf)Rudman-Hollings forced spending caps on the goverment. Miller had no choice but to stay within the limits that Congress imposed. £
The only reason Miller’s supporters have for nominating a littleknown, underfinanced, poorly-spoken former budget director is that he “will not be controversial.” They are in deep denial that Miller’s rdje in the hujge Reagan budget defid$s won’t be incredibly controversial. b\ the fall, Clinton ran successfully against 12 years of Reagan-Bush fiscal policies. Does anyone think thjt Charles Robb won’t grab for tjfte same theme and savage Jim Millet as Reagan’s budget director? •
JONATHON MOSELftV
Arlington
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