Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many of those who buy the notion that the U.S. is staring out that window argue nevertheless that some of the $180 billion targeted for the programs might be better spent elsewhere. Chief of Staff Jones, for example, fears that the heavy commitment to the MX, B-l and Trident submarine programs will drain funds away from improving the nation's con ventional military forces. Indeed, there is one aspect of Reagan's proposals that draws universal agreement: the price tag is too low. Weinberger admitted last week that the cost of the six-year program was figured...
...twin offensives, stimulating the economy by slashing taxes and braking inflation through tight money, would result in continued high interest rates and sluggish growth. The supply-siders and monetarists in the Administration kept an uneasy peace as the White House marshaled its forces to push Reagan's economic program through Congress last summer...
Administration officials deny that its economic advisers are speaking in disparate voices. "There is a major, underlying core of agreement on the program that has been there all along," says Martin Anderson, White House adviser for domestic affairs. "No one disagrees with the broad thrust." Adds Weidenbaum: "We're all in tune. There are no ideologues among...
...Reagan can no longer make Congress do his bidding as easily as he did last summer, but chances are that he will win a large share of his second round of cuts. Even if the defense budget is pruned more than he would like, the Administration's economic program will be far from crippled. Reagan never promised a quick fix for the economy, and despite the growing chorus of worries about Reaganomics, the program needs time to be fully tested. Only then will the country be able to judge fairly whether or not the President's policies work...
...practical compromises. For example, since many are strongly opposed to the development of nuclear energy, they tried to reduce the number of new reactors to be built from Giscard's plan for nine to only four. Mitterrand had to overcome their resistance to carry his own middle-course program, which envisions the construction...