Word: misguidedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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> The United Auto Workers have been lobbying hard for a misguided protectionist proposal to require foreign manufacturers to use up to 90% American parts and labor in cars exported to the U.S. It has been estimated the legislation not only might add $3,000 to the price of Japanese cars...
Q. Would you add defense or tax options into that misguided quick-fix category?
Defense spending has long been a bete noire for the Democrats, and only recently have party leaders--including some presidential hopefuls--begun seriously backing plans for heightened military expenditures. It is time for Democrats to realize that their longtime blanket opposition to costly military programs has been misguided--and that...
Misguided generosity has exacerbated the problem. The original internet of Social Security was to supplement the income of the elderly poor without resorting to something that looked like welfare. To effect this, the myth was propounded that retires had "earned" their Social Security payments by paying into the system--despite...
Cozza explains that Giamatti was misguided in his desired reforms. "He can't be expected to be an expert on all issues," he says, stressing the need to be extra careful in boldly speaking out on an issue like intercollegiate sports which has such a strong hold on public attention...