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...administration continues to maintain that the solution is Dukakis' proposed $604 million tax hike on capital gains, gasoline, cigarettes, alcohol and long-distance telephone calls. Legislative leaders have said the Dukakis tax package is not being seriously considered...
Fiscal conservatives lashed out at the proponents of the spending plan, accusing them of worsening the state's fiscal crisis and paving the way for a massive, long-term tax hike...
Congress and President Bush both agree that the $3.35-an-hour minimum wage, which has not been raised since 1981, needs a boost. But a conflict is brewing over just how far to hike it. Had the wage kept pace with inflation, it would stand at $4.46 an hour today. Bush has threatened to veto any bill that provides a base rate of more than $4.25. Last week the House passed a measure that would gradually increase the wage to $4.55 by 1992. The Senate, scheduled to take up the issue next week, is unlikely to adopt a rate...
...what is perhaps most disturbing about the University's upcoming tuition hike is the continuing precedent it sets. Since many colleges follow the University's lead in tuition pricing, Harvard should take special care to hold its prices down. Indeed, in the past several years, Harvard and many of the nation's colleges and universities have been taking advantage of the prevailing attitude that larger tuition prices signify more prestige and high-quality education...
...University would do well to consider those who shoulder the burden of a high-priced education the next time it calculates a tuition hike and recognize its responsibility to students, prospective applicants and the nation at large in keeping college costs in check...