Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After eight years of record budget deficits, America needs a "frugal man" in the White House, the Bay State governor said. Mike Dukakis has balanced nine state budgets and will work tirelessly to bring down the deficit...
...Democratic nominee says this election is about competence, and that's bad news for George Bush. If the American people examine Bush's record of inaction, his silence on civil rights, the environment, education and the deficit from 1980 to 1987, they're liable to send him packing...
...deficit also provides many Democrats with a smoke screen to cover their loss of faith in the old liberal solutions. As long ago as 1975, a newly elected Governor named Dukakis proclaimed that "much of what government has tried to do over the past 15 years has failed." The Dukakis remark was not an isolated comment. Rather, it reflected a widespread soul-searching, continuing to this day, over the failure of ambitious social programs to make much discernible headway against poverty. As Michael Barker, a leading Democratic economic analyst, says, "Not only is there no Democratic agenda, we've almost...
Struggling to rein in the federal budget deficit, Carlucci and Congress are slowing the runaway growth in defense spending unleashed during the early Reagan years. Some proposed weapons, ships and planes are in danger of being scrapped by the Pentagon, which would cut into the profitability of companies that have spent millions on research and development. Other projects could be postponed or stretched out. Adding to the industry's uncertainty is the question of what President Reagan's successor will do once he gets his hands on the Pentagon's purse strings. Many executives echo the fears of Grumman Chairman...
...tightens supplies and pushes up commodity prices, the Government will not have to pay out as much in price-support subsidies. In effect, Congress is recycling price supports in the form of disaster relief. The legislation, claim its supporters, would not add a penny to the Government's budget deficit...