Top 10 Outrages of the 2004 Corporate Tax Bill
NPR commentator Connie Rice has another top-ten list, this time for "outrages" in the 2004 Corporate Tax Bill. A highlight:
(4.) The Marlboro Man FDA Escape Clause:
"In exchange for the $10-billion bailout, Big Tobacco was supposed to agree to regulation by the FDA," Rice says. "But while the bailout got through the special interest gauntlet, the FDA regulation did not -- and will not become law, despite Ted Kennedy's symbolic passage of just such a mandate."
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(4.) The Marlboro Man FDA Escape Clause:
"In exchange for the $10-billion bailout, Big Tobacco was supposed to agree to regulation by the FDA," Rice says. "But while the bailout got through the special interest gauntlet, the FDA regulation did not -- and will not become law, despite Ted Kennedy's symbolic passage of just such a mandate."
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