Word: funnelers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...money that Washington now spends on training and shipping it out in revenue-sharing grants. That was a questionable move because manpower training needs more central coordination, not less. The attempt was defeated in Congress, where manpower training has strong support-but for the wrong reason. Because the programs funnel money into many congressional districts, Congressmen tend to look on them as a new variety of pork barrel and vote for each other's favorite programs...
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...remarks about the Committee, Daly said it should not be viewed as a funnel for channeling or filtering ideas and suggestion from the community. Instead it is a body that will add to the input of community groups and individuals...
...impending settlement has touched off a scramble by both sides to funnel as much equipment as possible to their forces In South Viet Nam before peace breaks out. The U.S. estimates that large amounts of war matériel were moving down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in September and that the flow has increased noticeably in recent weeks. The U.S., too, is taking the utmost advantage of the delay in Paris, rushing to South Viet Nam equipment already authorized and funded by Congress for next year. Explains one Pentagon official: "The agreement allows for one replacement [for each piece...
...money to cut property taxes. Though the Administration welcomes this move, which would ease pressure on Washington to provide tax relief, it is far from what revenue-sharing supporters in Congress hoped for. Atlanta will devote at least part of its $4.5 million to paring property taxes. Oregon will funnel all of its $22 million into aid for schools as a means of cutting local taxes...