Word: outlays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sent to Congress the smallest request for foreign aid-a little more than $3.1 billion-that any Administration has submitted in the 20 years since the adoption of the Marshall Plan. Johnson's message reflected his special regard for programs in education, health and agriculture, raising the total outlay in these areas 25% over last year. Of the $2.5 billion asked in economic aid, Latin America would get $624 million, the Near East and the Indian subcontinent $758 million, Africa $195 million, East Asia $812 million-with $650 million of the East Asian allotment for South Viet Nam alone...
...gives less than seven-tenths of 1% of its national income to "reduce the chances of future Viet Nams"-less even than France and Belgium give away, mostly to their former colonies. "Nothing," he noted, "could be more shortsighted and self-defeating" than to cut the aid outlay still more...
...them from bidding up the demand for their services. A more cynical person might describe the strategy as one of feeding the sparrows by feeding the horses. The Education section proposed that public expenditure per pupil be increased from $532 to $1000. This would reflect an increase of tax outlay per Negro family of $104, or 37.5 per cent of average Negro family income. But almost every last penny of this increase would go to middle-class persons whose salaries are already well above the poverty level. The thought of giving the money directly to the Negro family...
...After an $81.3 billion outlay in 1945, and $76.8 billion...
...nose" confrontation will be good publicity for the entire $500-million-a-year car-rental industry. It should also be rewarding for the agencies. Avis' annual ad budget has risen from $1,200,000 to $4,500,000 since the No. 2 campaign began, and Hertz's outlay is certain to increase as well...