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During the spring, however, Martin Anderson, a shrewd economist in Reagan's inner circle, began putting together an impressive array of experts to draft a more credible program. They could not talk Reagan into stretching out the tax cuts, but they did succeed in changing the whole rationale for them. Now it is admitted that the rate reductions themselves will not necessarily stimulate enough new revenues to offset the loss. Instead, a strict curb on new spending, plus the natural growth of the economy, would provide enough margin to permit the tax measure. Reagan accepted this substantial alteration without...
...Shrewd Tactician
...also has proved to be a shrewd campaign tactician. When a national conservative group passed out handbills that called McGovern, the father of five, a "baby killer" because he believes women should have a right to abortions, he objected to being smeared by out-of-staters. So many South Dakotans sided with him that Abdnor had to disavow the group's support...
Though the analysis and advice in Crisis Investing is often silly and sophomoric, its promotion has been shrewd. With an advertising budget of more than $600,000, the book has been ballyhooed in a barrage of full-page newspaper ads, some of which proclaim in big headlines: "Why You Will Probably Lose Everything in the Coming Depression." Casey is embarking on a lecture tour and starting a $ 145-a-year investment newsletter based on the book. On the way to the economic apocalypse, he will most likely make a bundle...
...director at Alabama, Bryant earns $54,000 a year, but he is a self-made millionaire, an astute businessman whose real estate purchases and stock market advice are carefully watched by businessmen across the state. Part owner of a meat-packing firm and a lumber company, he has negotiated shrewd deals with the soft-drink and potato-chip companies that sponsor his TV show, and his picture has adorned billboards across the South-for a fee, of course. His Sunday-afternoon television program during the football season has drawn better ratings than professional football broadcasts. The faithful tune...