1. Headline   1. Headline By John W. Schoen Senior Producer  Q:
I have heard that if there was a reading tax on every type of
reading material (religion included) that it would raise $800
billion a year. And if we strictly held it to pay the debt, it
would help our children. So why do we not bite the bullet and do
something with this idea? This example is based on a 5-cent tax
per dollar ratio. Are we so uptight that we can’t ask for help
from every tax-exempt business, and make the results of the
question public?— David, Alturas, Calif.    1. Stories from
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Contestants Who Found Love After Heartbreak  A: There’s no
shortage of ideas about how the government could raise more
taxes — just look at the list of recent proposals in your
state.) The question most people in California (and the rest of
the country) are asking is: Are current deficits the result of
government not having raised enough in taxes — or the result of
government spending too much mone