Word: checkoff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...schemes that may result from the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling would bring chaos to termbills, all in the name of suspicious free-speech claims. I share the Wisconsin students' aversion to thought control, but the special character of university student life may demand a more sophisticated response than checkoff programs...
...have noticed -- if you're the sort of person who's already done your taxes -- that the little checkoff box for the Presidential Campaign Fund has increased from $1 to $3. Why? Since 1973, the spending limits for elections have been indexed for inflation but the checkoff hasn't, so its value has consistently declined (taxpayer participation has hovered around 20% for the past decade). By 1992, the amount raised, $153,191,152, was barely enough to cover election costs. Officials expect the new, improved checkoff will easily cover...
...most far-reaching plan comes from Massachusetts Democrat John Kerry, who has introduced an amendment calling for public financing of Senate campaigns by raising the checkoff on federal tax forms from $1 to $3. But only 1 in 5 taxpayers bothers to check the box, even though it adds nothing to tax bills. The idea is a cop-out: if Congress wants campaigns to be funded by taxpayers, it should vote to allocate the money...