Word: offsets
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...there is a trend toward consolidation of the central authority, but it is being offset by the growing self-assertiveness of the republics. Yes, there is pressure from the bureaucracy to keep major aspects of the centrally planned economy intact, but there is also a growing demand, from different regions and industries, for economic independence. Yes, some parts of the Soviet media are now almost as conformist as they were in the old days, but plenty of other newspapers and magazines continue to express the most unorthodox views. Yes, there have been attempts to maintain order by repressive means...
...budget presented last week by Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont -- inevitably dubbed Stormin' Norman by the press -- calls for an immediate cut in the poll tax of $250 a person, an average of 36%. That is to be offset by an increase in the value-added tax, a kind of super sales tax, from 15% to 17.5%. Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine later announced that the poll tax would be scrapped entirely by 1993, but talked only vaguely about what might replace...
...Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski argues that "the last thing we should be doing is cutting taxes." Speaker Tom Foley remains on the fence. Senate majority leader George Mitchell, initially cool to the Moynihan plan, now supports it "in concept," and has suggested raising the cap as a way to offset any revenue loss...
There is just enough of a new atmosphere that this approach might at least be considered. In the wake of Iraq's defeat, the clout and credibility of the U.S. is at an all-time high, and it is no longer being offset by Soviet troublemaking; Moscow has neither the power nor the inclination to keep backing the most radical Arab elements. Saudi Arabia promises to come out of its shell and take a more active role in regional diplomacy, and Syria, a radical state now bidding for increased influence without its customary Soviet support, is talking about...
That's the kind of suicidal challenge that Democrats, who prefer running against each other to running against a Republican, usually rise to. So far, it has not been enough to draw out dark horse Bob Kerrey, the Nebraska Senator whose vote against using force in the gulf is offset by his Vietnam War record. Yet it did bring out one dark, dark horse: former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, who announced he might run while fellow liberal Michael Dukakis was vacationing in Hawaii and unavailable for comment...