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their Social Security benefits are included, were required to include 85 percent of those benefits (up from 50 percent) as taxable income on their tax returns.. This change affected only 12 percent of all Social Security recipients.
6. Deductions for business meals (the three-martini lunch?) and entertainment were reduced from 80 percent to 50 percent.
On these facts readers may judge for themselves whether President Clinton's 1993 budget was the work of a "tax and spend liberal," as alleged, or whether it was a moderate, balanced, and responsible program to reduce the deficit, help put our nation's financial house in order, and make the tax system fairer.
LEE BIRD
Flint Hill
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