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...specific recommendations to narrow the gap can, we believe, be carried out without undue hardship except to the unfortunate few city employees who are laid off," Steinert added...
...jilted trade partners are understandably piqued. Said one Japanese businessman with characteristic understatement: "If China fails to solve the problem, the Japanese people will be very disappointed." A senior Bonn economics ministry official was more blunt: "When we sign contracts, we honor them, even if it is a tremendous hardship for us. We expect our business partners to do likewise." Only the prompt payment of "sufficient compensation" could alleviate "doubts about Chinese reliability," said Heinrich Weiss, the board chairman of Schloemann-Siemag...
First of all, many of their budget cuts fall on programs that do help people in need. The President's own Secretary of Labor admitted that by imposing hardship on those who can least afford it, the cuts were "not particularly humane." Surely, poor families unable to retain lawyers should not be denied legal aid. Surely, a family of four making a mere $11.000 per year should not be denied food stamps. Surely, a middle class family with several children in college should not be denied student loans...
...general, however, we oppose the Republicans' tax and spending plans, for they violate even their own minimum, evenhanded standard. Instead, they offer us a future on continued economic hardship and increasing inequity. The only Americans that will surely benefit are the wealthy individuals, defense contractors and large corporations that have always formed the chief constituency of the Republican Party...
...find tuition costs staggering even when given the chance to borrow at 9%. Because it threatens the dreams of much of his constituency, Reagan's proposed reduction of G.S.L. may be one of his most politically controversial moves. Families that in theory do not meet the new hardship requirements may find it difficult to raise tuition funds. In assessing a student's ability to pay for his schooling, Bates takes into account the family's assets-which may include things such as timber lots that cannot be translated into any form of ready cash...