Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...before Jimmy Carter delivered his State of the Union address, he met at the White House with the House Democratic leaders. He went around the table, asking each for his views on the fiscal 1980 budget. The last to be called on was House Speaker Tip O'Neill. "Mr. Speaker," said the President, "I save you for last. I've got to get my marching orders from you." O'Neill said he had spent more than 40 years fighting for social programs for the poor, and he added: "I didn't become Speaker to strip them...
...begin over national priorities-battles between, to take one mighty example, those who want to cut the fat from social programs they feel have not worked well and those who want to search for lard in the military's billions. Carter's State of the Union address and his budget message would serve as the wick to ignite for the congressional session ahead all the contending political factions and the brawling special-interest groups...
...conjures up memories of the 1930s, with the more innocuous and scientific-sounding "recession," Carter is still trying to preach away the danger implied by the meaning of both words. Rejecting the "myth that we must choose endlessly between inflation and recession," Carter in his State of the Union address assured the American people that "together, we build the foundation for a strong economy with lower inflation without contriving either a recession with its high unemployment, or unworkable mandatory government controls." But moralizing won't stop inflation, so Carter will probably try to summon up the preacher's other techniques...
...ENERGY PRICING front, Carter's maneuverings to raise oil prices--allowing the maximum increases permitted by law and even considering other regulations to further raise prices--are appalling. When discussing deregulation of competitive industries in his State of the Union address, he shrewdly avoided mentioning his efforts to raise prices in one of the most concentrated, oligopolistic, profitable industries in the economy--big oil. Not only do the top eight petroleum refining companies possess 14.5 per cent of the the market, they also control the other stages of the production process. And as anyone who has taken Ec 10 knows...
Blout said Hiatt will submit a report--prepared in conjunction with the school's faculty--to the CEPH, a national accrediting body, to address the issues of "administration, organization, and governance...