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There was no coup, just a White House debate in which both sides used "the Reagan argument" with particular skill. Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis insisted that the 5¢ boost should be considered a "user fee," calculated to make those who drive on federally financed highways pay for their upkeep. The contention has some merit, but its real point was to avoid that awful word tax. Stockman countered by arguing that whatever it might be called, using a federal impost to finance repair work done by states and localities would violate Reagan's New Federalism concept. The President, however, recalled that...
...world from his advisers, who present to him not the arguments they really believe but those that can be fitted into the Reagan cosmology. Stockman's true objection to the highway program had little to do with New Federalism; he believes that revenues from higher taxes (or "user fees") should be devoted to reducing the budget deficit rather than financing new spending. But he knew that argument would be ineffective with a President who was about to tell his Cabinet, "We have to recognize that in the short term we are going to be dealing with high deficits...
...user pottery is a craft; to the collector it is an art. How high an art can be seen in Song Ceramics (Rizzoli; 262 pages; $100) by Mary Tregear. During China's felicitously named Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278), expanding trade provided the artists of the Middle Kingdom with new sources of income and fresh creative energies. As Oxford Curator Tregear notes, "Every class in society [could be] regarded as a patron, inspiring or encouraging either the growth or selection of a particular style of pottery." The pieces showed continuing variety: white glazes, hard stoneware, porcelain, greenware; dishes...
...women interested in trying out in the spring for the tennis team should contact Coach Don user before December 11 to get information. Court space is limited, so Usher needs to know as soon as possible how many potential players he will have. He can be reached by calling 495.2695 or by stopping by his office at the Palmer Dixon Tennis Courts...
Neither Reagan's "user's fee" nor O'Neill's foredoomed big-spending plan is likely to do much, however, to reduce the current 10.4% jobless rate. Congressional rumblings to "do something" about unemployment will surely grow, very possibly to a roar, when the more Democratic 98th Congress convenes in January. Last week's moves on the issue may mean that the White House has seen the political future and begun to make its plans accordingly...