Word: lid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Adhering to his "read my lips" campaign pledge, Bush adamantly refuses to consider a tax increase or even a value-added tax on consumption, or to tax costly, non-means based entitlement programs like Social Security for the wealthy. He also refuses to consider putting a lid on popular tax breaks for the middle-class, such as mortgage-interest deductions...
...necessary to help the city cope with the sudden inundation by Nicaraguan refugees while providing its alienated black citizenry with a greater stake in economic opportunity and political power. Unless action is taken soon, it may be only a matter of time before Miami's melting pot blows its lid again...
...unchecked growth of the deficit has occurred because the Reagan Administration has refused to raise taxes or keep the lid on spending for non-means-tested entitlements, such as Social Security, which are geared towards immediate consumption rather than use in savings and investment. As a result, interest payments on the national debt have become the fastest growing line item in the federal budget, not defense spending...
Ruth Brinker is grandmother incarnate, a balm of memories and sympathies. As she sits at the edge of his messy bed, the young blond man pries the lid off his dinner. An Italian omelet, roast potatoes, broccoli. The cramped hotel room actually smells of home. "Ruth," he says, "I love...
...University's business school: "The Federal Reserve is overreacting to the risk of what it perceives as an overheated economy. I don't think it's there." Adds Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Prudential- Bache Securities: "I hope Greenspan doesn't do too good a job of keeping the lid on, because it could cause a recession. I don't think he will, but he could take some of the joy out of the Christmas season...