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Many Democrats are equally loath to limit benefit increases. They are under pressure from the elderly, who have an exaggerated fear that if their pension checks do not keep pace with inflation they will be reduced to eating cat food. Members of the Gray Panthers, who demonstrated outside the meeting, chanted, "No ifs, no ands, no buts, no cost-of-living cuts." In fact, there is evidence that putting a cap on benefits would be justified. Tying Social Security payments to inflation amounts to a huge transfer of wealth from the young, whose earnings are not similarly protected...
...authorities this improved "American" has produced only headaches. Local police are often loath to arrest growers, especially when communities are dependent on pot income. Some even tip off planters to impending law-enforcement raids. In many states, the penalties meted out for growing grass often amount to little more than a wrist slap anyway. Even with stiffer sentencing, enforcement would remain difficult. Growers have become adept at hiding pot patches from airborne police. One farmer in Kentucky is growing plants on flatbeds that he can wheel into the barn at the first buzz of a light plane. Other growers protect...
Rosovsky and Gerrity are loath to say they put a special emphasis on Faculty salaries in general this year--"Faculty salaries have always been a priority," insists Gerrity--but they do admit they made an unusual effort to raise the pay scale for professors at the associate, assistant, and instructor levels...
Almost invariably, efforts to improve the economy create a Catch-22 trap for Soviet leaders. To stimulate output, they must increase incentives and loosen central control. But to do so means giving up some of their vested power, which they are loath to do. Moreover, Soviet preoccupation with defense prevents any substantial diversion of resources to consumers. "The Soviets don't seem to take account of popular needs and wants as they should," says a U.S. official. Adds Goldman: "They have a tired leadership and a tired economy. Coupled with the pressures from places like Poland...
...seems to be loath to support funding for programs to ease the impact of energy development in the Mountain States. For four years Gary Hart has been putting up legislation to soften the impact, and Congress has been battling it down...