"Will they really be so foolish as to go with the dividend tax cut?"

Congress ultimately cut dividend taxes but did not end them.

Republicans say they would make certain the dividend tax never returns in future years.

"Support for the dividend tax reduction, especially, is just not there."

But it would be only the second month that they have done so since the big dividend tax cut was approved last May.

Until a few days ago, administration officials had suggested cutting dividend taxes in half.

Q. What could happen in the long term if the dividend tax is dropped?

The 1% dividend tax is not seen as a donation, but a responsibility.

In a theoretical world, ending the dividend tax might make sense.

For some investors, at least, that could mean a significant reduction of the dividend tax cut.

And any reforms of dividend taxes should also be comprehensive.

"And if you buy that stock in a retirement account, then you're not getting the benefit of the dividend tax cut."

President Bush has placed a priority on making the dividend tax cut permanent.

The Bush administration wants to eliminate inheritance and dividend taxes.

The dividend tax cut is already attracting investors, some money managers say.

The impulse to revise the dividend tax is a good one.

So, we were wrong about how dividend tax cuts stimulate growth, you can almost hear the Bush advisers thinking.

Dividend tax rates are to be cut even for companies that avoid paying corporate income taxes.

A cut in dividend taxes should spur corporate investment and long-term growth.

"I mean, we're cutting the dividend tax for three years and then trying to extend it every year?

But administration officials said as recently as Christmas that they were pushing the president for only a 50 percent cut in the dividend tax.

It is difficult to say how the baby-boomer generation would fare under the dividend tax cut.

He is enthusiastic about the dividend tax cut signed into law recently by President Bush.

"The dividend tax is like the estate tax; it just doesn't make sense."

So a reduction in dividend taxes has no stimulative effect on business investment for these companies.