Word: naderized
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Other complaints came in from Ralph Nader, who told a congressional committee that he suspected General Motors had been given advance notice of the price freeze, possibly during a recent meeting between Connally and G.M. President James Roche. (G.M. had raised prices on its 1972 models before the freeze went into effect, but agreed to rescind the increases...
...other hand, the tax on imported goods will almost certainly raise the cost of living for many consumers, especially those who can least afford it: the poor, who buy imported clothing and shoes because they are cheap. Says Ralph Nader: "Imports are the only real competition left for many American firms." It is the low-income American, too, who will lose most in the deferral of welfare reforms and revenue sharing. Although many Americans have finally accepted the fact that the nation's "peace dividend" would be far less than once believed, few are likely to feel comfortable with...
...Give their employees an irrevocable right to a percentage of their retirement pensions after a fixed number of years. Javits' bill would grant 10% vesting after six years' service, increasing to 100% after 15 years. Another proposal, by Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, calls for legislation that would create pension-fund trusts to manage individual employee retirement funds-no matter who their employers...
Horror Stories. Nader's group concedes that federal inspectors do a good job in checking 75% of the meat processed in the U S. But state inspection standards, which legally should be certified by the Agriculture Department, are in a jurisdictional limbo. In most states, according to the report, nearly un-monitored inspectors tend to be subject both to intimidation (one poultry inspector was pushed into a plucking machine) and to bribes (money, girls, or all the meat they can eat). As a result, the report charges, they routinely approve "4D" animals-dead, dying, diseased or disabled-for processing...
...American consumer has never been better protected," the Agriculture Department retorted last week. In addition, Agriculture spokesmen say, Nader's study "purposely deals in certain specific problem areas which are not typical either of the conditions that exist in the department or the food industry...