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Carter faces liberal pushback over fiscal strategy
President Carter examines growth through private sector gains and no new federal programs as liberal Democrats like Humphrey warn budget balance by 1981 may be impossible. Mondale, backed by labor support, says Carter’s liberal credentials remain intact while Congress questions his approach. In Chicago, a $100,000 giant baseball bat sculpture sparks critique of government spending and zero-base budgeting.
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Carter
Gerald Ford
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
FRB
Ford
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Congress
Walter Mondale
Senate
Mondale
White House
William S. Broomfield
Mich
Joan Mondale
United States
Chicago
West Side
U.S
Social Security Administration
SSA
Bureau of Retirement and
Suvivors Insurance
General Services Administration
Claes Oldenburg
GSA
Geneal Services Administration