Word: zeroed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...balanced-budget amendment does go into effect, what are the chances it will actually bring federal spending down enough to equal revenues by 2002, the current target date? Zero, say many cynics. The pain will be so intense that future Congresses will open loopholes big enough to squeeze huge expenditures through. The most likely strategy: simply remove major categories of spending like Social Security pensions from the official budget, so that they do not count among the expenditures that have to be reduced...
...season consists of peaks and valleys, then the Harvard cagers must be real close to ground zero. Which, in a way, is good, since the only...
...politics need not be a zero-sum game, in which G.O.P. gains always mean black losses. Despite their obvious differences, the two groups share much common ground, and given the power that Gingrich wields, it makes sense to bargain with him. Growing numbers of blacks have become restive within the Democratic Party, which they feel takes their votes for granted. There is more talk than ever these days about ways to increase black political independence. Many blacks who now vote Democratic are much more in tune with Republican positions on social issues. "Republicans at this time are standing for some...
...NAFTA will be good to Mexico following this devaluation, but this does not mean that it will be bad for us. Trade is not a zero-sum game; now that we are in a free-trade zone, we benefit when Mexico benefits. And isn't that partly the goal of NAFTA anyway; to help improve life in Mexico through trade? We should enjoy our new connections with Mexico and be glad that we are in a position to help the country out of its currency crisis through trade and investment...
...have had the same effect in a pre-NAFTA world, NAFTA's lower trade barriers would magnify it. But whether this is bad news depends on which side of the NAFTA debate you bought to begin with: Is Mexico's gain America's loss, or is trade a non-zero-sum game, in which both sides win more than they lose? Events of 1994 tend to support the latter case...