Word: earmarking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...portion of the money was eventually allocated to increasing the council's grants to student groups. In addition, the council decided in March to earmark $25,000 for a cause designed to benefit student groups in the long-term...
This solution is weak. By this half-hearted arrangement, it appears the council wants to claim it is listening to the student voice without having to bear the pesky inconvenience of a campus-wide debate on the various options the council's ad hoc committee proposed. Various plans would earmark the money for Springfest, student groups or a new sound system for the council to lend to student groups. Another proposal would have the council make a symbolic donation toward a new student center. Students deserve to participate in this debate and should have a direct say in which option...
...will restrict my participation point to financial aid because it is the only specific area for which we can earmark our donations. I want to say thank you to Harvard, but I do not wish to reinforce the idea that Harvard is a unified entity. Instead, I think it is important to stress the fact that one of its interest groups has an agenda often at odds with the concerns and thoughts of the others. Daniel M. Suleiman '99 is a social studies concentrator in Leverett House. His column appears on alternate Tuesdays...
...legislation would earmark money from state tobacco settlements for cities and towns--sending 40 percent of the $280 million received by the state annually to community health programs...
...years, the average cost of health plans will go up 7% in 1999, thanks to money-losing managed-care companies and high drug prices. Some premiums may rise 20%, and the self-employed face jumps of up to 40%. One possible remedy: before the current open-enrollment season ends, earmark part of each paycheck for a tax-free medical savings account...