Word: willingness
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The perception has already taken hold: Bush is more sensitive and caring than Ronald Reagan, more of a hands-on administrator (could anyone be less?), a more accessible leader who will conduct spontaneous press conferences (if only to prove he is on top of his game), a pragmatic moderate willing...
But how to proceed to the right thing? Last week's signals from Budget Director-designate Richard Darman were intriguing. At the outset, Darman seemed willing to raise new revenues if euphemisms like "definitional changes" and "user fees" could be substituted for the word tax. Then, in a yin-yang...
It was no surprise, then, that a careful reading of Darman's statements (which also hinted at few, if any, dollars for the President's "kinder, gentler" programs) led some to conclude that he was allowing the Administration considerable wiggle room to raise taxes without using the dreaded T word...
Voke also faulted local officials for being willing to accept the local aid increase while they are unwilling to fully endorse the governor's tax package--which calls for raising $131 million the rest of this fiscal year and $604 million annually after that.
"That was my concern. I think he's moderated a little bit," Padula said. "I find him more conciliatory. He strikes me as someone at least willing to listen to all sides."