Word: hiked
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...Winston, a junior at the University of Lowell, defended the tuition hike...
...more important, job security. When Chamorro took office last month, she suspended a Sandinista-passed law that prohibits firing government workers, most of whom are FSLN supporters. With public buses idle and the airport closed, the government gave way by Thursday, agreeing to a 100% pay hike and promising not to dismiss anyone. Said union leader Lucio Jimenez: "I hope the government learned something from this...
...that what the President meant? Edward Rollins, co-chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, estimated that a tax hike might cost the G.O.P. ten of its 176 seats in the House; 19 of the 45 Republican Senators signed a letter begging Bush in effect to "say it ain't so, Mr. President." The White House and its allies almost did. After a meeting with Bush, Alan Simpson of Wyoming, the assistant Senate Republican leader, insisted that the President was not talking about income taxes, for heaven's sake. Maybe excise taxes, or energy taxes, or a kind of national...
...June 5th, the Board of Regents will announce its projected increase in the rate of tuition for the 1990-91 academic year. The tuition hike will be at least 9 percent, says Zoulas--adding that the figure could well rise into double digits...
...latest dropout is Democrat Madeleine Kunin of Vermont, who announced last week that she will not seek a fourth term. She has been forced to cut ; social programs and propose a 3% income tax hike. Kunin blames Washington for "telling the American public they can have it both ways: no tax increases and increased social services. Unfortunately, Governors can't play by these rules...