Word: budgeteering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...families than the tax credit and does not give aid to families who probably do not need it. Any family, regardless of income, would be eligible for the tax credit if the family had any tuition costs to pay after receiving any federal, state or institutional scholarships. A Congressional Budget Office study released in January shows that while almost half of the money for the tax credit would go to families in the $10,000 to $25,000 income range, as much as 37 per cent would go to those earning over that amount and only 13 per cent...
Although the student aid bill includes extra funds for lower income families, opponents of the bill say programs for lower-income students may eventually be hurt by increasing funding for middle income students. If the budget were to need tightening somewhere in the future, Congress would be more likely to authorize and across-the-board cut in funding for these programs rather than graduating the cuts according to income. Also, the open eligibility for loan subsidies would put low income students into competition with a larger group of people for the same money, and may make borrowing harder for those...
...administration made the hockey and theater cuts, along with other budget-trimming measures, without consulting the people involved in the affected programs. Hockey coach Bob Finke, who learned that his team had been eliminated only after reading a story in The Daily Pennsylvanian, characterized the feelings of many when he said, "The decision, you've gotta accept that. The thing I'm bitter about is how the decision was relayed to me and the kids...
Cuts were unavoidable; Pennsylvania was facing severe financial difficulties. The administration trimmed $880,000 off its 1978-79 budget in the round of cuts that were announced February 24, According to Jon C. Strauss, budget director at Pennsylvania, the university was facing a deficit of nearly $6 million for fiscal year...
...present anxious climate in Washington about anything concerning ethics. Once upon a very recent time, Miller's nomination would have been approved with only perfunctory debate, if that. But the Senate is still smarting from justified criticism of its overly hasty confirmation of Bert Lance as Budget boss, and business has been tarred by the international bribery practiced by Lockheed and other corporations. Thus when Miller first appeared before the Senate Banking Committee in late January, the Senators took seriously Proxmire's allegation that Textron had resorted to bribery in Iran, and recessed the hearings pending an investigation...