Word: gridlocking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...traffic was maddening on the Long Island side of New York City's Queensboro Bridge, with motorists darting heedlessly into a crowded intersection. The ensuing gridlock trapped a long gray sedan with VIP license plates. A frosted blond head poked out of the backseat window. "You are a stupid man!" she shouted at a driver who had cut her off. "You are a stupid man!" Then she got out of the car and rushed into the middle of the snarled intersection. Ignoring honks, raised fists and remarks far ruder than her own, she demanded that this car back...
Congress is just as much to blame for the budget gridlock as the White House, if not more. "Senators and Congressmen have made great speeches on how to reduce the deficit," says Republican Senator Jake Garn of Utah. "Yet it is because of their voting records that we have these deficits." Too many lawmakers denounce the bloated budget but are unwilling to choose a specific course of action. Their rhetoric is reminiscent of the legendary Congressman who declared a half-century ago, "I oppose inflation. I oppose deflation. I'm for flation...
...Congress has so far refused to enact a tax increase that will not take effect for three years, while the President has ruled out a quicker hike. Moreover, many lawmakers want less defense spending, and more for social programs, than the White House proposed. The result: a budget gridlock. Observed Alice Rivlin, who left her post as director of the Congressional Budget Office last month and is now the head of economic studies for the Brookings Institution: "Congress believes the White House is not serious about raising taxes." Added Heller: "Congress cannot move until the President does...
...another presidential commission to resolve the deadlock: a device used for the dilemmas on the MX missile, Social Security, Central America and hunger. While it has helped produce notable results for the MX and Social Security issues, the resort to the commission procedure represents an admission of political gridlock...
...five or more unpaid tickets. In the past fiscal year, Boston took in $22 million in fines and $4 million in meter revenue, quadrupling the take before 1981. The ticket collection rate soared to 70%. "If we hadn't taken these steps," says Vitagliano, "we could have a gridlock so bad that the only solution would have been to pave over the cars and start again...