Word: simonizers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Simon, who has been a long-time supporter for abalanced budget amendment to the Constitution,said that he has several top priorities fordomestic spending, including a job trainingprogram which he said would cost between $3 and $5billion in its intitial stages...
When Kalb pressed him on how the governmentcould pay for the additional social serviceprograms, Simon said the more important questionwas, "how much does it cost...
...Simon said that his economic message wasone that plays well with the voters in Iowa andNew Hampshire, the earliest hurdles in the 1988presidential race. "You are tested in a smallstate where people really get to know you," hesaid
Marvin Kalb's first question to Democratic presidential candidate Paul Simon was a familiar one--how can a man who wears a bow tie, horn-rimmed glasses and two hearing aids be elected president...
...hard-nosed questioning by Kalb, a veteranreporter who was formerly NBC News's chiefdiplomatic correspondent, has touched on a widevariety of substantive policy issues. Yesterday hepushed Simon on his plans for the economy; lastweek he hammered away at Gov. Michael S. Dukakis(D-Mass.) on the issue of his inexperience withforeign policy...