Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young families fell by more than 16%. Suddenly the middle-class dream of a house, a car and three square meals for the kids carried a dual-income price tag. "What was once a problem only of poor families has now become a part of daily life and a basic concern of typical American families," says Sheila B. Kamerman, a professor of social policy and planning at Columbia University and co-author of Child Care: Facing the Hard Choices. Some women are angry that the feminist movement failed to foresee the conflict that would arise between work and family life...
...squalid as the garages may be, the truly dispiriting news is that things could be worse. As Lawyer Lee puts it, "It is deplorable that you should have to live without basic human services. But it's a helluva lot better than being on the street...
Still, Congress signaled its basic approval of the President's AIDS program. By a 96-to-0 vote last week the Senate amended a $9.4 billion supplemental- appropriations bill to require the testing of immigrants; entry will be denied to those found to have been exposed to the AIDS virus. The Senate also approved $77 million for anti-AIDS programs. The House is expected to pass a similar measure later this year...
...sign of the change is that Volcker went along with a gradual reorientation of Fed policy toward pepping up economic growth. In 1986 the Reserve Board let the basic money supply grow at a 16% annual pace, far above Volcker's original target limit of 8%. That money spurt, along with the weakening dollar, has let inflation edge up this year and may have sown the seeds of future rises that could nullify part of Volcker's celebrated victory against spiraling prices...
...Orange County, Community Activist Russ Burkett grouses about inadequate funding for such basic services as police protection and sewage systems in addition to transportation. Says he: "The landholders have such powerful control that they dictate policy for the entire county. They got rich by developing the land, but now they don't want to pay for all the services we need." Burkett has formed a group, Orange County Tomorrow, that plans to initiate a ballot proposal to stop growth in areas where traffic does not move freely...