Word: deductionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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In a nutshell, the meaning is this: the government should achieve desirable goals by creating incentives for private individuals and organizations, primarily in the form of tax cuts. Much of Bush's $8 billion would be used to expand the charitable deduction, provide "new incentives" for corporate giving and so...
But the administration does oppose the IRA deduction for charitable contributions, the establishment of private prepaid tuition plans and--most vehemently--a portion of the ESA reform that would allow for deductions to be spent on K-12 education.
Fully half of Dawson's pay--about $24 an hour plus overtime--goes directly, by payroll deduction, into Ford's employee stock-purchase program. Since he began buying Ford stock in 1956, it has returned 13.7% a year on average, outpacing the S&P 500.
By deduction, he wrote, the decision to terminate pregnancy was not with in the legitimate sphere of governmental action, concluding, "A right of personal privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy."
No, the sheet inspectors are on both sides. In fact, you could argue that Flynt and Scaife are just Democratic and Republican versions of the same person: neither is troubled by scruples, but the Republican, like those Republicans we saw on the House Judiciary Committee, is tidier and seems to...