HARPER�S INDEX, APRIL 2001 --Chances that the taxes of a low income working American family will not be reduced by the Bush tax plan : 3 in 5 --Percentage of federal returns audited last year that were filed by poor Americans seeking Earned Income Tax Credits : 44 --Percentage change between 1999 and 2000 in the number of audits of U.S. corporations : �28 --Federal income taxes paid by PepsiCo in 1999 : 0 --Amount by which federal taxes paid in states carried by Al Gore in 2000 exceeded federal spending in them, per capita : $685 --Amount by which federal taxes paid in states carried by George W. Bush fell short of federal spending in them, per capita : $645 --Hours after taking office in 1993 that Bill Clinton ordered a five-year delay on lobbying by ex-White House officials : 1 --Days before leaving office that Clinton revoked the order : 23 --Number of years ago that new energy secretary Spencer Abraham cosponsored a bill to abolish the Department of Energy : 2 --Gallons by which daily U.S. oil consumption would drop if SUVs� average fuel efficiency increased by 3 mpg : 49,000,000 --Gallons per day that the proposed drilling of Alaska�s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is projected to yield : 42,000,000 Louis Proyect Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org/
