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This time around, though, he might not be able to enact controls even if he wanted to. Wilson's appeal rests primarily on his image as the one politician on friendly enough terms with the Union leaders to keep them in check. If Labour is in power, so the argument goes, the unions will not humiliate the government by forcing large wage increases. The Conservatives, on the other hand, will exacerbate the situation the way they did during the coal strike last winter. Wilson's power over the unions, however, has largely disappeared. Not only have the big unionists--like...
...main issue. They have promised to avoid the "confrontation politics" that led Heath to try last winter to force wage guidelines on the coal miners (leading to the miners' disastrous 11-week slowdown and 4-week strike). But the Conservatives insist that they are still prepared to enact laws to enforce wage-price restraints if necessary. They are also calling for strict control of public spending and for a more moderate growth of the money supply. These measures could probably slow the surge in prices, but they would also spur greater unemployment. Thus the Tories' proposals are hardly...
...also believe that any program we enact now must be financed through either increased tax revenue or reduced federal outlays in other areas to negate any inflationary impact. I do not think that it would be equitable or even possible, however, to finance the entire program from one source alone...
...impeachment hearings, public approval of Congress climbed from 30% last April to 48% in August, according to a Gallup poll released last week. Overall, however, the Congress has not yet fully earned such a rise in confidence stemming from its handling of the Watergate scandal. It has yet to enact a single bill that would make future Watergate-type abuses of presidential authority and political campaigns less likely to occur...
...more Americans are relying on those dollars to help provide a comfortable standard of living after they retire. Unfortunately, all too many of them have had no real assurance that they will ever see a cent of the money. Now workers can breathe somewhat easier: Congress is set to enact this week a long-overdue pension reform bill designed to make sure that employees collect the benefits they earn...