Word: without
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like his father, Jeff believes in capitalism, and he feels his most important task is improving his life without stepping on people--just trying to be a decent human being. "We don't," he says, "push high-priced stuff that people can't afford...
...Without support from either the Congress or the military establishment. Guevara was forced to go underground for 15 days until the rebels agreed to negotiate with what was left of his government...
...United States Senate. For over two decades, this Democrat of the Bourbon South has controlled the Senate Finance Committee like his own fiefdom. He thus personally approves every piece of legislation which touches what Harry Truman called, "the most sensitive nerve in the human body--the pocketbook nerve." Without a doubt, Long's VAT proposal will pinch the money nerves of all Americans...
...enacted, the VAT will tax the values added to all goods at each stage of the production and sales process. Every time a manufacturer or entrepreneur raises the price of a product, the government will tax this added value at a rate of 10 percent. Without the VAT, Ernest and Julio Gallo sell their Pinot Chardonnay to a wine distributor for $18 a case. But this tax will force the Gallo Bros. to raise the price of their wine to $20, to cover the $2 they will have to pay the government. The wine distributor then sells the Pinot Chardonnay...
...were able, this year, to survive the governor's 4-per-cent spending cap without laying off city employees," he added...