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...This clamor for a tax cut is probably, to use Carter-speak, "irresponsible." But given the depth of the current slump, and the fact that the economy faces a substantial tax increase next year-- in the form of social security payments, windfall profits payments and the effect of higher tax brackets caused by inflation--it seems reasonable to try the limited tax slash plan recently defeated in the House. As higher production costs and increasing uncertainty continue to stunt incentive in the industrial sector, it may prove necessary to counter the recessionary trend with some sort...
...organization's boycott of states that had not ratified the amendment. That meant that next year's meeting would be held in non-ERA New Orleans. But the feminists, vowing to publicize the names of any psychiatrist who showed up in New Orleans, created such a clamor that one male doctor warned: "The A.P.A. is in big trouble." The organization's board of trustees apparently agreed. In a surprise 12-to-4 vote, it overruled the referendum results and ordered next year's convention moved to an ERA state. As an added gesture, the erstwhile chauvinists...
...confidence of the public, it should resign. Such a move would force new elections long before the term of the present Israeli parliament runs out in late 1981, but it is unlikely to occur. Weizman was immediately condemned by Housing Minister David Levy as a "deep disappointment," and a clamor for his resignation arose...
...other solution is even simpler and even more improbable. If people could understand that most tax money, especially on the local level where there are no ICBM's to build, funds sane and necessary projects, the clamor to cut taxes might stop. That seems unlikely, however, in a society willing to cut out remedial reading programs in order to increase disposable income. After all, what's reading when you can buy a Betamax...
...Church and New York Republican Jacob Javits, the ranking members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have asked the State Department to reconsider the treaty, which requires Senate ratification. A similar appeal to President Carter has come from Congressman John Breaux of Louisiana. In the face of this growing clamor, Carter has ordered an Administration task force to take a second, hard look at the pact...