Other educators in the state said the sunset provision was reasonable because the new system was largely unproven.

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Without the sunset provision, the cost would have seemed much higher.

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If the sunset provision is not repealed in 2011, estate tax law would return to the law in place prior to the enactment of EGTRRA on June 7, 2001.

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The 2003 Bush tax cuts were powerful, but their inherent flaw was their sunset provision in 2010, which created uncertainty for economic actors about the 5-year tax outlook by 2006.

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The history of the 2001 tax bill is known all too well to the current crop of Republican leaders as they were there when it came into being and, to a man, voted for the legislation that included the sunset provision.

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