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...Lists (and boxes of resumes), while a Council of Elders held intermittent Judgment Day caucuses. The result: a tiny trickle of cabinet appointments, announced by a press spokesman rather than the president-elect himself, in stark contrast to Richard M. Nixon's one-shot televised extravaganza and the rapid-fire selections of John F. Kennedy '40. Christopher C. DeMuth '64, lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, who worked both on Nixon's transition and on Reagan's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team, attributes much of the delay this time around to strict conflict-of-interest...
...which low tax rates spur investment and speed the creation of new jobs. He unabashedly touts a Robin Hood-in-reverse creed: "To help the poor and middle classes, one must cut the tax rates of the rich." Gilder argues that only the rich have enough capital to stimulate rapid economic growth, and only reasonable tax rates can induce them to invest rather than spend their money in unproductive ways...
Early key decisions will be needed on defense. Even with the spending increases planned by the Reagan Administration, hard choices must be made between nuclear and conventional weapons. Should the U.S. move as quickly as possible to increase its nuclear armaments or to build a Rapid Deployment Force capable of acting in an emergency in the Persian Gulf? At the top of the lists of weaponry, Reagan will have to decide whether to go ahead with the MX missile despite its estimated $34 billion price tag and the opposition it has aroused...
Like many small high-technology companies, B & W has parlayed astute innovation and aggressive marketing into rapid growth. In 1945 the firm started out manufacturing the valves used to mix soda water and syrup in Coca-Cola machines at soda fountains. Since then it has made machine tools for General Electric, R.C.A. and Texas Instruments. Between 1975 and 1979 business expanded by 25% annually...
...Widespread popular support for the opposition forces in El Salvador and Guatemala, the high level of military preparedness of the population, the recent combat and insurrectional experience, and the high levels of unemployment would make recruitment and training a relatively simple and rapid operation...