Word: joblessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Medical care for the jobless...
...Jobless workers on a rampage...
...withholding measure ignited an acrimonious déjà vu debate. "It is a second shot by the American Bankers Association not only to hold up the jobless and homeless but now all those who depend on Social Security," fumed Kansas Republican Robert Dole, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. At a White House meeting of congressional leaders, President Reagan also lashed out. "I've had it up to here with the bankers," he declared, throwing his glasses on the table. "They're sitting on their keisters when they should be lowering interest rates." The outbursts had their...
...face, the action of the freshman Republican Senator from Wisconsin was callously opportunistic. He was endangering passage of a bill that would extend unemployment benefits to jobless workers in 27 states and create an estimated 400,000 jobs. In behalf of the nation's well-heeled banking lobby, he hung an amendment on the jobs bill that would cancel the scheduled July 1 start of the withholding of 10% of income from interest and dividends. This is a reform designed to reduce tax cheating and raise nearly $11 billion in revenue in the next three years. Said Senate Finance...
...social programs has grown exponentially, from $15 billion in 1960 to more than $250 billion in 1982. In a near stagnant economy, the problem is becoming worse. In 1981, for example, when 1.27 million West Germans were unemployed, the federal government paid out nearly $6.7 billion in various jobless benefits. Last year the total was around $9.7 billion. Similarly, in 1970 West Germany paid out about $48 billion, or more than 16% of the country's entire output, for health care and pension schemes/In 1980 the total had reached $136 billion, or nearly 22%. Says Herbert Giersch, director...