Word: money
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biological warfare (CBW) agents will be severely restricted. Open-air tests will be allowed only if the Secretary of Defense rules them necessary for national security and the Surgeon General determines that they would not be a menace to public health. Congress will have to specifically approve any money to be spent on CBW, and it must be advised at least 30 days before the agents are transported...
...million cut in the Pentagon's "emergency fund," an amendment that was opposed by California Conservative George Murphy, who called it "comfortable money" for the military. Answered Maryland Democrat Joseph Tydings: "I would call it luxury money...
...unemployment goes that high," argued Califano, "it's not manpower funds they'll need. It's jobs. The guys who are already trained will be out of work. You can make a case that we need a public-employment program right now." The primary problem is money. The cost of the Government's assuming the role of employer of last resort could be astronomical, far above what a Congress concerned with inflation would accept. Unemployment is now 3.6%, 2,592,000 people. If the rate were to rise 1%, 858,000 more workers would be jobless...
...Nixon proposed a $1 billion annual increase in spending for the federal food program for the poor. The White House's present position against giving food stamps to family-assistance recipients has led some critics to suspect that Nixon intends to finance his welfare plan partially with money saved on the federal food-assistance program...
...approved by Congress, Nixon's revenue-sharing plan would begin by splitting $500 million among the 50 states during the six-month period starting Jan. 1, 1971. By 1975, the money to be divided would grow to an estimated $5 billion. The program would begin by offering the states one-sixth of one percent of the nation's total taxable income, less deductions and exemptions. By 1976, this share would grow to 1 % of the country's total taxable income, the level at which it would remain. Each state's share would be calculated through...