Friday, September 23, 2005
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The
Washington-based U.S. Business and Industry Council, which classifies
itself as “very conservative,” says the White House and the Gang of
Six have formed an alliance that is straying from conservative
principles such as balancing the U.S. budget and protecting domestic
manufacturers.
“We emphatically reject the idea that the only
way we can restore our competitiveness is to reduce our level of
taxation to Third-World levels,” says Alan Tonelson, 52, a research
fellow at the council, which represents about a thousand manufacturers.