Word: plain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...down the nation's inflationary fever. But economists and politicians now agree that it is necessary if the fever is to be kept from rising still higher. And time may be running short, as last week's shudders in the financial and commodity market made all too plain...
...meantime, the bailiff had called a young Black man's case. The arresting officer, a plain-clothesman, had charged him with attempted larceny. The officer testified first, saying the man had deliberately bumped his left shoulder and attempted to pick his left pocket. The officer said the man and his friends had separated him and his partner before the incident occurred. He said he grabbed the man, identified himself, and accused the man of trying to fight, "and I told him don't do that or I'll charge you with attempted assault of an officer...
...American people sacrifice in order to overcome a "vile and ruthless enemy": what he calls "our excessive dependence on foreign oil." After tediously elaborating the magnitude of this familiar threat, he finally presents his one bold idea; one which also belies his reputation for Emersonian "common sense and plain dealing." On the face of it, raising further the price of gasoline is an approach to energy-induced inflation that has little in common with common sense. Since the idea is not down-to-earth, Anderson is forced to appeal to an academic galaxy of stars from Harvard, Stanford, M.I.T., Wharton...
Anderson's tax package is an intricate scheme rather than plain dealing; the convoluted economic reasoning behind it falls apart under examination. To offset the impact of higher gas prices, on the cost of living, the plan would return most of the revenue to consumers through Social Security tax cuts and increases in benefits for the elderly. Certainly, if the government taxed the consumer 50 cents for every gallon and then gave the same consumber back 50 cents for every gallon he purchased, and if the consumer then used the 50 cents to pay for the tax, the net effect...
While Anderson's program at least tries to help the retired and working people it hurts, it does nothing for the unemployed. Plain-speaking Sen. Sam Hayakawa (D-Cal.) was castigated for saying that the poor don't need to drive to work, not having jobs; Anderson implicitly makes the same assumption. Gasoline rationing would be the most fair and direct approach to short-run conservation--true plain dealing...