Word: spenderella
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...campaign, Republicans dubbed her "Spenderella" because she promised not to raise taxes at the same time that she pledged to expand social welfare programs. But Grasso campaigned largely against a highly unpopular utility rate increase. Once she had disclosed that consumers had been overcharged $19 million in one year because of a miscalculation and began to exploit that fact, Steele did not have a chance...
...promised so many programs without raising taxes that she has been dubbed, "spenderella" by aides of her Re-publical oopponant, Congressman Robert Steele, 35. He has picked up some antifeminist support from people who aver that "being Governer is a man's job" but the state of the economy keeps him on the defensive. Ella ahead...
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