Word: shoddier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ultimate victim of kickbacks is the consumer, who has to pay higher prices for shoddier goods and services. Companies fire offenders who get caught but do not prosecute for fear of bad publicity. Many states have no commercial bribery statute. In those that do, kickbacks almost always carry a penalty of less than a year. What is clearly needed is tough laws and stiffer sentences...
...RESPECT, LOVE is a renewal of the old Trickle Down Theory. Administration economists surmise that the kickbacks, rebates, shake-downs, and out-and-out bribes extorted from the captains of industry will be passed along to the consumer in the form of higher prices and shoddier services. "LOVE is really a blessing in disguise," suggested one expert. "It ought to give the American economy the kick in the pants it needs...
...motives for publishing his article in as widely-read a magazine as the Atlantic. He is undoubtedly aware that his ideas will be used by bigots who desire to repress blacks collectively. Worse, the article will probably provide educational policy makers with an excuse to offer an even shoddier product to blacks and Chicanos than they do now. Offering the article to the general public at this particular time seems almost intentionally designed to assist both processes...