Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whether constituents agree with Reagan's plans or not, they are clearly stirred up and eager to sound off to their elected representatives. "The action out there is more than I've ever seen," said Republican Congressman Robin Beard after sweeping through the rural portion of his Tennessee district. "I have more people in my courthouse meetings than ever. They are concerned and worried and want to know what is going to happen...
...work. Between 1961 and 1977, some 68,000 defense workers across the nation lost their jobs because of plant closings and major contract losses. But with federal assistance, 78,000 new non-defense jobs were created. And during the 1970's, the Boeing Corporation converted a large portion of its military production to the manufacture of subway cars and other forms of civilian transportation...
...part of his budget-cut plans, he hopes to carve $31 billion out of federal spending on transportation over the next five years. The highway program would lose $11.2 billion, and mass-transit aid would be trimmed by $12 billion. Though Congress is expected to approve a large portion of the Reagan cuts, some lawmakers argue that the reductions are shortsighted. Says Democratic Congressman Henry Reuss of Wisconsin, the chairman of the Joint Economic Committee: "The whole thrust of the Reagan program is to downgrade the infrastructure. What has been a serious worry will now become a disaster...
...universities must contend with mammoth costs brought on by rampant inflation. The past 20 years have been an era of growth for higher education. Now, too many institutions will have to complete for a tighter market of students because of a drop in the college-age population--a large portion of which is cynical about the value of a degree in a world marked by rising tuition and cab-driving Ph.D.s. Compounding these problems is the Reagan-Stockman offensive against federal spending, which will chop away at college budgets throughout cuts in grants and student loans...
...that, Rostenkowski claimed that his plan would do more than Reagan's to stimulate the savings and investment that the economy needs if it is to resume noninflationary growth. Under Reagan's plan, in this view, it can only be hoped that Americans would save a large portion of income tax cuts rather than spend the money in inflationary consumption. Rostenkowski argued that his plan contains provisions specifically targeted to encourage saving. One is a proposal to increase the amount of annual income that a worker not covered by a company pension plan can save...