Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plan works, that is. The President is taking a whole series of high-risk gambles. He is betting first that Congress can be persuaded to pass at least the key elements in his program in recognizable shape. That is at least questionable: though Reagan has clearly convinced the nation that a bold new venture must be attempted, he is asking Congressmen to vote for spending cuts that will hurt their own constituents-and there is something in his plan to offend just about every lobby in Washington...
...change in the national psychology, to be engineered by convincing citizens that their leader knows what to do and is determined to carry out his plans. Said Reagan: "We are in control here. There is nothing wrong with America that together we can't fix." But can his program really convince workers, businessmen, bankers that inflation is not the wave of the future? Or will they go on demanding extra wage boosts, still higher prices, more interest on loans in a futile attempt to stay ahead of the game-and thus bring about more inflation, whatever Washington...
White House economists concede-and the President duly warned the nation-that even if Congress passes Reagan's program intact, the payoff would not come overnight. The budget would not be balanced until fiscal 1984, a year later than the President originally hoped. In fiscal 1982 the deficit would be $45 billion, some $17 billion more than might have been expected under Jimmy Carter's tax and spending plans. (Reason: Reagan's tax cuts would temporarily lower revenues faster than his budget reductions would hold down spending.) The inflation rate would drop only from...
...speech contained no surprises, since the general outlines of Reagan's program had been carefully circulated in advance. The President prepared the address in what is now becoming the usual way. White House Speechwriter Ken Khachigian put together a rough draft, which Reagan reworked sporadically during a Camp David weekend. Crammed as it was with fiscal details, the speech could not display Reagan at his rhetorical best. For once, the master of the TV homily and the after-dinner pep talk appeared not only ill at ease but even a bit defensive, as he spent some of the opening...
...deliver-and he decided there was nothing he wanted to cut. As a result, his rushed delivery caused him, un characteristically, to misjudge some of his applause lines. Late in the speech, he drew a loud and long ovation by asking the assembled Congressmen and Senators to make his program not just the Administration's idea but "our plan." Reagan flashed his widest grin and remarked, "I should have arranged to quit right there" -then went on speaking for another 4½minutes...