Tax-Break Proposals Threaten '86 Act; Critics Say Rush to Restore Deductions Could Undermine Code From: The Washington Post | Date: September 20, 1989| Author: Paul Blustein | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Three years after the Reagan administration and Congress overhauled the tax code in a historic agreement to curtail deductions and lower rates, that compromise appears to be in danger of coming unglued as the Bush administration and members of Congress advance proposals to restore major tax breaks.

"We're in big trouble," said Robert McIntyre, who played an important role in popularizing the case for tax overhaul. McIntyre, the director of Citizens for Tax Justice, a liberal advoca...

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