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...restriction. In November, Massachusetts voters will decide on a proposal of their own: to limit spending increases to the rise in the state's personal income. These are sensible approaches. Putting a lid on spending is a far more effective way of providing relief than merely trying to restrain property taxes...
...planned $61 billion federal budget deficit. It is necessary, officials argue, in part because Uncle Sam should put back into the economy money that states and cities are draining away by running big budget surpluses. The argument is more than a little questionable because these surpluses will not restrain the economy but will spur it by making possible state and local tax cuts and more spending on services. But there is no denying the basic fact: most state and municipal treasuries are indeed flush with more cash than they have had in many years...
...Restrain Social Security Benefits. They are scheduled to rise fast in the years ahead. By trimming the benefits, the nation can also pare the scheduled increases in Social Security payroll taxes...
...court to stay away from his home for three months. Says Straus: "Some people figure it would be worse if they hit back. They need the good things the marriage has to offer and put up with the violence because they don't have much alternative." Others restrain themselves because they have been brought up never to strike a woman. One such husband, says Gelles, was so determined not to strike back that "he virtually gave her a license to kill...
...want to be pushing the kids on students who don't want to deal with young kids when they're in college," he adds. "We try to restrain their activities so they don't run all over or block the main halls...