Word: rivlin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Rivlin, the energy to resolve such issues as teen pregnancy and violence in the streets must come from greater community concern and involvement...
...Rivlin pointed to peace, a high level of employment, cleaner air and water, prompt federal relief for disasters and stable financial institutions. Given all these positive features of society, Rivlin said that the federal government has already fixed most of the problems that it has the power...
Because many Americans want to avoid aggressive intervention by the federal government, Americans must work harder to resolve social issues on their own, said Rivlin, who has served as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for most of President Clinton's administration...
...Rivlin suggested that the federal government give funding for social programs to local governments, granting communities the means to solve their own problems...
Americans "don't want Washington running their lives, but they don't want to be ignored either," Rivlin said...