Word: dollarization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Institute. "They will look for someone who can candidly open up the issues for debate." The Secretary agrees. He relishes the "bully pulpit" he has made of his office. "No one," he adds proudly, "has advanced more ideas, more state of the art, more assessment of public education per dollar. It's been ideas, ideas, ideas...
...STUCCO RANCHES in an exclusive area north of San Diego looked just as I remembered--huge mansions surrounded by acres of rocky terrain, orange groves, horse corrals and swimming pools. In the town center I saw a dozen real estate brokers trying to peddle these multi-million dollar insulated retreats, where one never has to contemplate neighbors or lawn mowing or noise. But this time I saw more than just the ranches--I found what makes the luxurious lifestyle possible...
Slave labor. On every ranch, in every spacious home, in every garden, by every poolside, they are there. Mexican workers to pick up after the children, the horses, the fallen oranges. Mexican workers to keep the dirt away from the million-dollar lifestyle that these Californians have bought into...
...Reagan has proposed spending $1.02 trillion against expected revenues of only $916 billion. He thus becomes the first President to send a trillion dollar budget to Capitol Hill. His proposals call for the deficit to be cut to the $108 billion Gramm-Rudman target through a combination of $42 billion in spending reductions and revenue increases. Some $20 billion of that would be trimmed from domestic programs, including mass-transit aid, housing assistance and farm subsidies. Social Security, as usual, remains untouchable...
...wife to take menial jobs during an odyssey that led the Klevers from New York City to Maine to California and back to New York. "You have to worry about your life, your apartment, monthly bills, everything," Valeri said. "Every month, every day, I was waiting for the next dollar to pay bills. It's not freedom...