Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Toad yearned always for the wild walking, of course. But he sighed the sigh of resignation. The whole world now is a beaten track. Even if Toad went to the moon for a hike, he would find footprints there...
...give itself a hefty raise by playing the political equivalent of three-card monte: let the 51% increase recommended by a special commission go into effect, then appease constituents by voting against it, and keep the cash. But scandal-weary voters saw through the game, and the pay hike for Congressmen, federal judges and skilled federal employees died a humiliating death. Ever since, the search has been on for a more palatable proposal. Last week there were indications from House Speaker Thomas Foley and aides to President Bush that new ideas for boosting top Government salaries were in the offing...
...thing: to create a riot of opinion, then blame viewers for not getting the message he hasn't bothered to articulate. Though the strategy may lure moviegoers this long hot summer, it is ultimately false and pernicious. Faced with it, even Mister Senor Love Daddy might say, "Take a hike, Spike...
...with the Gramm-Rudman statutory requirement by reducing the deficit to $108 billion in 1990. A more realistic estimate puts the budgetary red ink at close to $130 billion. But numbers cannot convey the political timidity of the President and Congress in stubbornly holding the line against a tax hike, protecting most entitlements and refusing to make more than token trims in domestic and defense outlays. The Rose Garden agreement, in short, has spawned a Sixteen Tons budget that, to paraphrase the 1950s Tennessee Ernie Ford hit, will just leave the Government "another year older and deeper in debt...
...these officials said Bush has decided for the time being against recommending any hike in the $89,500 salary received by members of Congress, and will recommend no change in the widely criticized system that permits lawmakers to earn thousands of dollars in speaking fees...