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...that "in 1978, there will be substantial tax reductions and combined with that will be an adequate proposal for tax reform." Unfortunately, he felt compelled to add that the tax reform would be "comprehensive." That only muddied the waters, for many a businessman concluded that meant the President would persist in his hopes to eliminate or sharply reduce preferential tax treatment for capital gains, and a number of other benefits...
Even a small leak would release radioactive waste that would persist in the environment, causing cancer and birth defects into the indefinite future, she added...
...growth of the money supply. In October the nation's money stock grew at an average annual rate estimated at 12%. That pace, if continued, could indeed be inflationary?yet the White House fears still higher interest would damage the recovery. That creates a nasty dilemma that will probably persist for some time...
...business disaffection with Carter did not begin with the explosion at Big Oil -and it would now persist even if the President had called the oilmen a group of public-spirited gentlemen. As Carter's energy program has been gutted in the Senate, as his much-touted tax-reform program remains unborn, as high inflation and high unemployment persist, many corporation bosses have come to see he President as someone who particularly unnerves them: an incompetent, or-at least vacillating, Chief Executive. In their view, Carter has tried to tackle too many major problems at once-energy, taxes, welfare...
...personally involved with the drawn-out spectacle of a human being operating on an auto-destruct frequency. You find yourself reduced to the conclusion that the ingredient of empathy has come into play at some point during the vigil, even if the precise reasons accounting for your continued presence persist in eluding...