Constance L. Rice Quotes
You do not have to cut finds from the elderly sick and still keep the yacht subsidy;
At the time there were tax breaks for large yachts but not for small boats that a middle class person might own. It was another example of the tax laws at the time where the poor paid only Social Security taxes, and the rich lobbied for an got very large tax breaks and subsidies and hence the burden was carried by an increasingly stressed middle class .and by cuts in services to the needy. The companies that made the yachts also supported the tax breaks as did the unions and workers in the industry. . See {624984}. .
Connie Rice, Civil Rights Attorney, Reformer and Writer, Comment about some of the proposed budget cuts at the time, C-SPAN, Book TV, January 19, 2012
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At the time there were tax breaks for large yachts but not for small boats that a middle class person might own. It was another example of the tax laws at the time where the poor paid only Social Security taxes, and the rich lobbied for an got very large tax breaks and subsidies and hence the burden was carried by an increasingly stressed middle class and by cuts in services to the needy. The companies that made the yachts also supported the tax breaks as did the unions and workers in the industry. See {624985}. .
- Born: April 5, 1956
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Civil Rights Attorney
Constance L. "Connie" Rice is an American civil rights activist and lawyer. She is also the co-founder and co-director of the Advancement Project in Los Angeles. She has received more than 50 major awards for her work in expanding opportunity and advancing multi-racial democracy. She is a second cousin of former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
