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...inconsistency arises when the piece criticizes Carter for using "indirect tactics based on complex theories" to improve the health of the economy, and then chides him for not using such tactics adequately...
...economists Carter is listening to, are as confused as the public. They have had their chance to manipulate the economy using indirect tactics based on complex theories. The time has come for direct action. A wage-price freeze will cut short the inflationary spiral--but it will only work as a breathing space in which to restructure the economy on sounder foundations...
...order to cut down costs, airlines are now developing ingenious means of conserving fuel. Planes are flying higher, since the thinner air at lofty altitudes causes less drag, thus giving more miles to the gallon. At Eastern Air Lines "dog legs," or indirect routes to include out-of-the-way stopovers, have been eliminated. Heavy jet-fuel drinkers like the Boeing 707 are being phased out in favor of more abstemious planes, like the DC-10 or the 747. In order to cut 60 to 250 lbs. off a jet's weight, Eastern has even stripped the white paint...
...compensate. If implemented, the 50-cent tax would pose a severe incremental increase in the price of a gallon of gas, a figure which would encourage wasteful drivers to consider available substitutes or contingencies, such as mass transit or carpooling. In addition, the 50-50 plan might have the indirect effect of revitalizing urban areas by presenting a disincentive to forsake the city for the suburb, thus increasing urban tax bases...
...encourage conservation serves as yet another burden to the poor and probably will not change the behavior of the rich, whose driving habits are the most in need of reform. Counterbalancing decrease in other taxes is an indirect way to compensate the poor and may not benefit the same people who suffer because...