The proposed arrangement with the state would buy CRRA time to come up with a sustainable business model, CRRA Chairman Don Stein said during a conference call Monday with town officials who are members.

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At a briefing Monday, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy Pamela Olson said President George W. Bush has asked the Treasury to study the AMT problem and come up with a permanent fix to be proposed in next year's budget.

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Everything I have proposed, I have come up with a way to pay for it.

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But unlike the company's proposed system, such potential solutions still leave it to pilots to process information and come up with appropriate commands.

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House Majority Leader Dick Armey has proposed bills requiring the entire tax code to sunset every five years so lawmakers are motivated to come up with a better system on a regular basis.

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