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...later Bush's), sheepishly followed the White House's lead on overall spending levels. If the resulting deficits were sometimes higher than those forecast in the two Presidents' own unbalanced budgets, it was because Reagan-Bush aides, such as former Budget Director David Stockman and current Director Richard Darman, consistently and deliberately overestimated federal revenues...
...other bush administrators, including budget director Richard G. Darman '64, have attended the University and often return for advice and consultation. "There are people like Darman and others who are in and out of here and working in the administration," Royer says...
WEED AND SEED. Attorney General William Barr and Budget Director Richard Darman have pushed a scheme that would "weed" career criminals out of inner- city neighborhoods through massive sweeps by federal and local lawmen, and would continue to pacify these areas with intensive "community policing." These neighborhoods would then be "seeded" with social programs such as drug treatment, youth recreation and job training. Sixteen cities are set to receive $1 million each under the pilot program this year, and Bush has requested $500 million more in his budget now before Congress...
JUST WHEN IT SEEMS THAT RICHARD DARMAN CAN'T GET ANY less popular in Washington, the White House budget chief goes ahead and very publicly renounces his privileged use of the chauffeured car that comes with the job. What's more, Darman is advising fellow Cabinet appointees to give up "portal to portal" service and restrict the use of motor pools in their agencies, or else his Office of Management and Budget will do it for them. Presidential aides agree that the push against perks is a smart move that will allow Bush to continue railing against congressional excesses. Says...
...President Bush and the economy: He has called White House Budget Director Richard Darman "the Dr. Kervorkian of the American economy" and Bush "the biggest spender in history...