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...Reagan Administration is decidedly cool toward industrial policy. Edwin Harper, a White House aide for domestic issues, calls it "backdoor protectionism.' Trade Representative Brock is fearful that too much Government aid would go to established industries with political clout and not enough to fledgling companies. Says he: "We run the risk of freezing ourselves as we are and losing the opportunity of being what we can become...
...moral obligation may not be a prudent investment for the government with so many other bills to pay, even if it creates jobs on the side. And while it should be a goal to diversify the armed forces, using this as an argument makes national service seem like a backdoor draft...
...used Heidi Johnson to lead Rhonda the backdoor pass, and really mixed it up on the boards," Lerch said. "I think Kathy has done an excellent job teaching this team such strong man-to-man defense, and I've never seen a more organized team offensively...
...calling the unemployment cutback a tax, then, the President is merely linguistically shrouding what it really is--a new budget cut to help bail the Administration out of its budget deficit problem. While reassessing costly benefit programs is in itself entirely reasonable, the White House's backdoor style an describing and disclosing the concept warrant disdain...
...often happens, the gifts one chooses for oneself can be too costly. Incensed taxpayers fired off 20,000 letters of protest, calling the tax break a backdoor pay raise on members' salaries of $60,662.50. Agreed Congressman Lawrence DeNardis of Connecticut: "It was outright legislative fraud and deceit...