Word: budgeted
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Nevertheless, 50% of those surveyed said a tax hike will be necessary to reduce the federal budget deficit...
...President is handling his job, but people are increasingly skeptical about his abilities: only 31% said they have a lot of confidence in Reagan on dealing with the economy (in contrast to 43% in 1985). Just 17% have a lot of confidence in Reagan on reducing the federal budget deficit; on this question, 29% have no confidence in him at all. While Republicans remain generally supportive, 59% of the public said Reagan is a less effective leader now than in the past. Many Americans doubt the President even has a handle on the pressing issues...
...over-85s, he reports, and children born this year can expect to live 16 years longer than their grandparents born in 1930. Such statistics prompt visions of a life-span beyond 100 years, a prospect Callahan finds alarming. In the past two decades, the amount of the federal budget spent on those over 65 leaped from 15% to 28%; and the $80 billion spent in health care for the old in 1981 is expected to pass $200 billion by the year 2000. The result is a serious threat to the economics of health care...
...center, which now has twelve professionals and a support staff of 15, is housed in a stucco mansion on the Pace University campus and runs on an annual budget of $1.6 million, met largely through foundation grants and contributions from its 11,000 members. In addition to publishing regularly, the Hastings ethicists develop model legislation, draw up guidelines for public policy, consult in such tortured cases as Karen Anne Quinlan's fate and assist universities in setting up ethics departments. "People used to think of medical ethics as between doctor and patient at the bedside," says Callahan. "We consider wider...
...Reagan's economic policy is an off-the-wall approach. We're running an incredible experiment with these ((budget and trade)) deficits...