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Reviving this economy is proving to be one of the toughest challenges of the century. In previous downturns, policymakers were able to jump-start the engine through tax cuts, higher government spending and falling interest rates. But this time around, such techniques either haven't worked or are difficult to implement. Though interest rates have been falling since 1989, overextended banks won't ease up on new loans. Budget deficits exceeding a quarter of a trillion dollars discourage tax cuts or spending increases for fear of renewed inflation and higher interest rates...
President Bush watched the stampede with rising concern. He straddled the fence for most of the week, caught between conflicting advice from top aides, who on one hand urged the President to make an effort to jump-start the economy but on the other cautioned against support for any steps that would increase the deficit. He finally declared himself in favor of sticking to last year's budget deal, which would rule out Bentsen's proposed cuts and all other plans that laid claim to defense dollars. "I'm not going to be totally opposed to some of these ideas...
...TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: Tax Foundation}]CAPTION: A JUMP-START OFTEN GETS RESULTS
...fragmenting Soviet Union and other parts of Eastern Europe, the crisis was already seeping venom into the West. The main rubs: How could the E.C. enforce a peace, and what kind of peace did it want? With French support, German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher undertook to jump-start a rusting security mechanism, the Western European Union. Consisting of nine of the 12 E.C. members -- Denmark, Ireland and Greece do not belong -- the WEU was garaged soon after it was created 43 years ago, when U.S.-led NATO assumed its functions. But France sees it as a vehicle...
Need a free meal, a joint, a spiritual jump-start? Here's the Looney Saloon, Anni's Turtle Tea Tree, the Jesus Camp, the Faerie Camp (from which, periodically, a conga line of guys in net stockings and bras erupts, followed by a very male little old lady in a granny dress, carrying a purse), the Contradiction Koffee Kitchen, the No Guns Tipi, the Positively Peaceful Anti- Natural Flatfood Forum (pancakes here), the Om Tea House and Pooh Corner (a latrine). Lovin' Ovens gives away bread, and Julie, Dianne and Danielle, from Quebec, help you choose a flower essence...