Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...happy to live in the murder capital of the world? Banning the imports of automatic weapons will just force drug dealers to "Kill American." It's a heck of a way to fight the trade deficit, Mr. President. You must take stronger action against guns, or else the violence will continue--that's more important than jeopardizing your life-time membership in the National Rifle Association...
Have you taken any substantial effort to reduce the trade deficit with Japan? Allowing the dollar to deflate seemed like a good first step, but the effects so far have been minimal. Japanese trade barriers and fundamental weaknesses in our own economy must be attacked vigorously if there is to be any long-term solution...
...trade deficit is a direct manifestation of the corrosive effects of the budget deficit on the economy. Congratulations on your tentative agreement with Congress on the budget, but you still have miles to go before you sleep, Mr. President. The government still faces massive deficits...
...deficit to 4-3, with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at first doubles...
Overall, these jurisdictions hope to raise an extra $5.1 billion next year. More than a third of that would be levied in just three Northeastern states -- Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut. The main sources of new revenue are so-called sin taxes on smoking and drinking. Confronting a deficit of as much as $300 million in Massachusetts, Dukakis has proposed tobacco- and alcohol-tax increases as well as a phased 10 cents rise in the gasoline tax, to 21 cents. New York's Cuomo last week reached agreement with legislators on $1 billion in extra revenue, raising...