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...spiral of crisis," he explains...
More than anything else, the food-price spiral is part of a broader inflationary pattern that has been stitched by Government policy. Considering the cost of other things, today's food prices are far from exorbitant: the ordinary American family spends 18% of its after-tax income to eat-and that average is the world's lowest...
...first hand the helplessness and bewilderment of the poor when faced with the legalities of our complex society." The poor need lawyers not only to stay out of jail, he said, but also to contend with landlords, bureaucrats and faceless welfare agencies. Forever trapped in a "debtor's spiral," said Alexander, the poor constantly face repossession because of a single missed payment, as well as wage attachments that often lead to their being fired. The poor, Alexander held, need more legal aid than any other class in the nation-and get less...
...credits to stimulate foreign trade, more public housing, complete overhaul of Illia's disastrous oil policy that forced Argentina to import petroleum for the first time in years, and reorganization of the country's food-distribution system to eliminate middlemen and help blunt the cost-of-living spiral...
...interpreted Neustadt's statement as an attempt by the Administration to pressure the union into giving up the strike. A victory by the machinists, it is feared, would encourage other unions to seek contract settlements in excess of the guidelines set out by the Administration, resulting in an inflationary spiral...