Word: programing
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...division it has created within the university community. Long after the fiscal sting has disappeared, students, faculty, staff and administrators will remember the bitter struggle for scarce resources. The "open process" by which Mackey conducted the budget-cuts decision-making probably exacerbated the problem, as supporters of every program from the planetarium to highway-safety training pleaded for hours at open meetings. "I am sure we heard all the reasons why we can't make any cuts in any program." John B. Bruff, chairman of the board of trustees, said at one of the sessions...
...opening rounds, the Great Budget Battle of 1981 looked like a shadowboxing exhibition in which the Reagan Administration easily prevailed over little more than token opposition. But last week it suddenly seemed to become more of a slugfest, with the outcome in some doubt. The President's program of draconian cuts in spending and taxes came under increasing attack in both houses of Congress, and from both right and left...
...Democrats' plan was designed to attract both liberals, who worry that Reagan's cuts in such programs as food stamps and Medicaid would grievously hurt the poor, and conservatives, who are fearful of a tide of red ink stemming from the President's proposed tax slashes. Republicans promptly assailed the program as the product of some highly questionable arithmetic. Nonetheless, the House Budget Committee last week voted 17 to 13 to reject Reagan's spending and revenue estimates and substitute a set prepared by Chairman James Jones of Oklahoma, the principal architect of the counterbudget. Noted...
...committee votes demonstrated, admiration for the President's courage does not automatically translate into congressional votes for his tax and spending cuts, even among Republicans. The White House is also handicapped by Reagan's inability while convalescing to continue his highly effective personal selling campaign for his program. Thus Reagan may have to make some unforeseen compromises, especially on his tax plans, to get the main elements of his program passed...
...Democrats' program paid an ironic tribute to the change in the political climate wrought by Reagan's landslide election and the vigor of his budget blitz. The two documents are far more conservative than any group of Democrats would have approved even in January. Jones himself admits, "It really isn't a radical departure from the President's program." But the Democrats are trying to reverse the two parties' traditional roles by painting themselves as the champions of budget balancing and by picturing the Republicans as irresponsible tax slashers who are voicing "faith...