Word: sacrosanctity
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...only way to deal with such deficits, most Congressmen agree, is to raise revenues. Many Democrats, led by O'Neill, argue that the 10% tax cut scheduled for July should be delayed or restricted, but the President regards as sacrosanct this third installment on the $750 billion tax cut passed in 1981. Other lawmakers, including Howard Baker, have suggested scrapping the indexing provision that, starting in 1985, will prevent tax rates from rising with inflation. Finance Committee Chairman Dole, however, defends indexing as "the best idea" of the 1981 Congress, and he could make its repeal very difficult...
...kind of information disseminated in Suicide, however, necessitates a long and critical look. Freedom-of-the-press laws themselves probably should be sacrosanct, but the press's "no harm done" mindset that encourages it to abuse its free reign warrants scrutiny. Consider not just the "information" found in Suicide, but the medical and psychological context surrounding...
...owners' real reason for red-baiting the union is that the players' proposal, if written into a contract, would constitute a double invasion of the owners' sacrosanct "managerial prerogatives." As the NFL's chief negotiator, Jack Donlan, told CBS Radio: "We're talking about money. They're talking about control...
...informed public can force an examination and the media must assume the role of educator. People must insist that military budgets are not sacrosanct. The public must insist that military budgets be more thoroughly examined by Congress. It would be tragic if the nation spends $1.5 trillion for defense over the next few years only to learn that the nation prepared for the wrong war. That is what can happen if the majority of the members of Congress, the public and the press continue to view the publicity given to exotic systems such as the B-1 bomber...
...only preserves the 10% tax cut scheduled for 1983 (the final installment of Reagan's three-year program to reduce personal income taxes by 25%), but also shrinks future increases in Social Security payments? Will the doctrinaire quarterback in the Oval Office agree to scale back his sacrosanct defense budget and raise new tax revenues? In public last week the President once again dug in his heels on the tax-reduction plan passed last August. "Tampering with the third year of the tax cut should set off alarm bells in your heads and send shivers up your spines...