Thursday, September 02, 2004
more from the KP's bush dyNASTY book. and this nugget is on enron near the spectacular catastrophic implosion-
2 othe administration moves have been cited for less obvious pro-enron rescue designs. one was treas sec. paul o'neill's Feb 17 decision to REVIEW and thus DELAY Clinton's proposed crackdown on offshore tax havens. the 2nd was the inclusion in the post-SEPTEMBER 11 "STIMULOUS' PACKAGE, PROPOSED BY THE PRESIDENT IN OCTOBER, OF A PROVISION GIVING 3 LARGE CORPORATIONS-general motors. IBM and ENRON huge tax rebates for supposed overpayment of the federal alternate minimum tax. while enron's rebate would have been a whopping $254 MILLION, the DEMOCRATIC SENATE never seriously considered the proposal.
2 othe administration moves have been cited for less obvious pro-enron rescue designs. one was treas sec. paul o'neill's Feb 17 decision to REVIEW and thus DELAY Clinton's proposed crackdown on offshore tax havens. the 2nd was the inclusion in the post-SEPTEMBER 11 "STIMULOUS' PACKAGE, PROPOSED BY THE PRESIDENT IN OCTOBER, OF A PROVISION GIVING 3 LARGE CORPORATIONS-general motors. IBM and ENRON huge tax rebates for supposed overpayment of the federal alternate minimum tax. while enron's rebate would have been a whopping $254 MILLION, the DEMOCRATIC SENATE never seriously considered the proposal.
