Word: short-term
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...couldn't be certain until after his speech Tuesday afternoon, but no, it's clear that George W. Bush doesn't have a short-term economic stimulus plan. The President has a "growth and jobs" plan, another installment in his grand plan to de-tax the U.S. economy into the privatized, clean-burning juggernaut of which Republicans have dreamed for 20 years. But the only people he intends to put back to work in the short term is his newly convened Republican majority, getting the thing passed...
...House Democrats, meanwhile, have an actual short-term economic stimulus plan: a fast-acting, temporary, perfectly reasonable combination of rebate checks, fiscal relief for states and short-term investment inducements with a net 10-year cost, they say, of about $36 billion. It would provide a measurable short-term boost to the economy. It won't break the budget. But as the Republicans gird for the spring's big battle, the White House seems to betting on two things besides Bill Frist and his slight numerical edge in the Senate. One, that people will overlook the costs when the budget...
Power said the projects are necessary to meet “pressing short-term needs,” but the buildings would be designed with flexible uses to fit into future plans...
...decade." But fishermen know how effective a moratorium can be. A two-year closure of the North Sea herring fishery in the mid-1970s allowed an overfished stock to recover. So when the herring fishery seemed likely to collapse again in the mid-1990s, fishermen knew it would be short-term pain for long-term gain and cooperated with another closure, allowing the fish to recover to their currently high level. But cod is a special case, both because of their low numbers and the biological and environmental factors that will make recovery arduous. For fishermen like Mike Park...
...Ford administration. Although as a business leader he has stressed the importance of balancing the budget, he has recently begun to tow Bush’s policy line and has almost magically become an outspoken advocate of slashing taxes for corporations and individuals, even if that means running short-term deficits...