Word: tightfistedness
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Politicians with elections soon ahead of them were especially quick to pick up the antitax cry. Seeking to unseat Massachusetts' Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis, who has been tightfisted himself. Republican Candidate Edward F. King is pushing an amendment that would put a cap of 9% of total personal income...
In some states, surpluses and what to do with them have become a hot political issue. Opponents of Arkansas' Democratic Governor David H. Pryor's tightfisted spending policies are demanding that he call a special session of the state legislature before the May and June primaries to decide...
Over the past three months the two Carters made hundreds of decisions, the populist Carter sometimes winning but the tightfisted Carter always there to rap his knuckles. The budget and economic experts who huddled with the President could see the inner struggle. More than once the troops of Treasury Secretary...
During his 18 years as A's owner, Finley hired and fired managers with stunning frequency and handled his players like so many helots. As baseball salaries on other teams soared, his tightfisted policies led to a wholesale desertion by the A's biggest stars. He was forever...
Personal overdrafts Probably more harmful to Lance's image as a tightfisted budget director bent on balancing the national ledger was the report's confirmation that his Calhoun bank winked at massive overdrafts by the bank's officers and their relatives. According to the report, Lance'...