Word: smucker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...desperate believe if the budget-balancing plan goes into effect as passed by Congress, charities and their clients face a potent double whammy: a drop in direct government support for charitable organizations just as demand for their help surges because of simultaneous cuts in federal entitlement programs. Bob Smucker, chief lobbyist for the public-interest umbrella group Independent Sector, says grimly, "It is the worst of times. And it is the worst of times...
...with poverty work, dropped 6%. A poll by Independent Sector found that voluntarism, which also saw a boomlet in the late '80s, declined 5% in 1993 from 1991. In the same poll, 73% of respondents worried about having enough money for the future, compared with 57% in 1988. Says Smucker: "People seem to be more insecure about their financial well-being. And the more worried they are, the less they give...