Word: andersons
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...seven-man IOP Study Group on Presidential Transition will produce two approximately 150-page studies by November. One will go to either Rep. John B. Anderson R-III.) or former California governor Ronald Reagan if President Carter slips from the throne. "The purpose is not to make substantive recommendation on how to manage a specific transition," Moore says. "We look at past experiences, dating as far back as Eisenhower, and try to draw together the lessons which apply to the current conditions of society and the federal government...
Moore and other participants in the project emphasize that their research is done without interference from the Reagan or Anderson staffs. Although "there obviously ought to be some communication between the scholars and the professionals they are assisting," Moore says that as in 1968 and 1976, when the IOP sponsored similar studies, partisanship is taboo...
Despite these in-place incentives for the private sector to rush to the aid of the inner cities, industry has not saved areas like the South Bronx. "Where has the private sector been, Governor Reagan, during the years that our cities have been deteriorating" asked John Anderson Sunday night. Companies have stayed out of slum neighborhoods for the same reasons that they moved out in the first place. Businessmen fear for the security of their investment against thieves and vandals. They question their ability to get highly skilled workforce supervisors to work in these areas, and, in the case...
...years to come. But when used alongside other governmental efforts such as federal loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies or direct public sector development, and when used in the right amounts at the proper time in the right neighborhoods, the tax breaks can help turn our cities around. Only John Anderson puts the tax break in this more accurate perspective. Jimmy Carter rejects the idea totally. Ronald Reagan unrealistically views it as a panacea...
...Anderson program calls for combining strong tax incentives in "enterprise zones" with a more traditional national urban policy that focuses on initial public sector investments; the plan aims to convince businessmen of the advantages of locating in city centers. Anderson has discussed establishing urban reinvestment trust funds with $8 billion in federal funds circulating into cities. This sounds very much like the Carter program proposed three years ago. But two special challenges confront John Anderson. The first is to bring his independent candidacy to the White House. The second would be to convince Congress of the need for a strong...