Word: wages
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THIS IS NOT to say that there are no good ideas in the commission report. It is strongest when it emphasizes the family--the real American family, and not the Republican fantasy of the wage-earning husband with the wife who stays at home with the kids, the dog and the Cuisinart. This results in the report advocating a more flexible workplace, pro-family tax reform, and greater income security, especially for child support...
Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said it would be "very difficult" to round up enough votes for Reagan, and indicated the president will not wage an all-out fight if it appears certain he will lose...
...must eliminate both the capability and the propensity to wage war for any purpose other than defense against external aggression," Forsberg said...
...must eliminate both the capability and the propensity to wage war for any purpose other than defense against external aggression," Forsberg said...
...reform (NATION, Aug. 25) may be a miracle for the rich, the poor and the elderly, but for the middle class, the new tax law can only be held in contempt. How can the Reagan Administration ask the average wage earner to go on paying and paying for Social Security benefits that he may never see, for an astronomical defense budget, for aid to the contras and for yet another NASA shuttle? It is incredible that any tax reform would delete child-care credits, double-earner exemptions and IRA write-offs. What is miraculous is that after using half...