Word: pied
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Arizona seized an opportunity no longer open to the rest of the country: the state never had an entrenched Medicaid system in place. By 1982, though, county governments were going broke struggling to provide indigent health care. The state decided it needed a piece of the federal Medicaid pie but not under the standard federal conditions. Arizona legislators took their state's clean slate and drew up their own blueprint for a Medicaid system...
...these economic consequences of the budget deficit lead to less economic growth and more wage stagnation. The result is a weaker and poorer America filled with citizens battling over a steadily shrinking economic pie. Perhaps in such an economic climate the Democratic party would thrive given its ability to cater to special interest groups...
Except for gravy and pie crust, which take patience and practice, Thanksgiving dinner is as easy to make as it is to eat. You're a right-handed batter in a park that's 150 feet down the left-field line--it doesn't take a genius to poke...
...bided my time, and the aunts who ran the show grew old, and young, liberated lady relatives came along who were proud of their inability to cook, and one year I revolted and took over the kitchen--and now I am It. The Big Turkey. Mr. Masher. The Pie...
...real raise in years, see their choice as between Newtonian trickle-down economics and Buchananist nativist-protectionism, they'll take the latter. The economy is growing, but almost nothing is trickling down. Even though Buchananism would stifle growth, some might find a larger slice of a smaller pie better than a shrinking slice of a growing pie. Is there a third option? Can we have our growing piece of pie and most of us eat it too? Yes. The basic problem is an oversupply of unskilled workers and a shortage of skilled workers. So we need to subsidize college loans...