Word: reform
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talking about, and what we should talk about now, are those liberal--and even radical--demands for greater economic equality which correspond to the interests and desires of most Americans. When and if the student movement begins, in a truly idealistic way, addressing itself to Americans' demands for tax reform, national health insurance, full employment, then we have a fighting chance for success. And success is the best antidote to cynicism...
...school house decided that something had to be done about the power plant, and so they organized themselves as a chapter of the only group which has had any success in fighting for the rights of low and moderate income Arkansas, a group called ACORN (Arkansas Community Organizations for Reform...
...both their energies and also the energies of the Congress. That is, it diverts those energies from the serious economic problems that face it. I think the president is getting very bad advice on economic policy. They've relied too heavily on high interest rates instead of on tax reform and fiscal policy to control inflation. They've continued a very high level of military expenditures which is above where it was a year ago, and which also continues to feed the inflationary fires. They do that in the face of improvement in our relations with China and the Soviet...
...issues in this conflict have been well delineated by the Arkansas Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), a citizen's action group representing 4500 low- to moderate-income families in that state...
...Colorado State prisoner, who is serving 40 years for second-degree murder and aggravated robbery. Sue first met Gary ("Cotton") Adamson, 33, in 1970, when she visited a friend who was sharing Gary's cell in a Los Angeles County jail. Now she plans to campaign for prison reform, specifically for prisoners' conjugal rights. As she puts it, "God said to procreate. The prison system is going against the Bible...