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cost $105 billion as phased in during the next decade; thereafter, it would have cost $50 billion a year.
2. The Marriage Penalty Tax Reduction.
• Senator Robb supports and voted for a marriage penalty relief bill that targets those couples who are financially penalized for being married.
• Senator Robb voted against the Republican plan, supported by Governor Allen, for two reasons: first, 60 percent of their plan's benefits would have gone to people who either aren't married, or who are already receiving a tax bonus for being married; second, it addressed only three of the 65 marriage penalty provisions of the tax code.
• Senator Robb endorsed the Democratic plan, which addresses all 65 of the code's marriage penalty provisions and is targeted to those affected by those provisions.
• The Republican plan would reduce government revenues by $90 billion over five years.
• Of the total taxes cut by the Republican plan, only 22 percent accrues to those in the bottom 80 percent income group; 78 percent of their tax cut would fall to those in the top 20 percent income group.
The first of these two cases also demonstrates the technique currently employed by Republicans. They argue against the Estate Tax,calling it a "Death Tax," and add that "no one should be taxed twice."
In fact, the Estate Tax is not a death
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