Watching what they do in Reagan era prompts caution
Our Opinion notes the divide between public rhetoric and policy actions in the Reagan administration. It cites John Mitchell on watching deeds, cites bilingual education funding, motor vehicle import quotas hints from Drew Lewis, and broader concerns that officials publicly praise programs while funding and actions reveal mixed priorities.
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Nixon
John Mitchell
Reagan
Transportation
Drew Lewis
International Trade Commission
Bad approach to reform in Washington’s regulatory era
The piece critiques reform efforts as chic yet mixed, noting deregulation actions expanded CAB size and staff. It warns against bills like Bumpers that push court oversight, arguing it delays decisions, burdens the judiciary, and shifts responsibility away from Congress and elected officials.
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Bell
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Congress
A Night in a Beverly Hills Hotel Room
A first person account from a hotel guest in Beverly Hills reflects on comforts and irritations of stay. The narrator details makeshift writing space, cluttered brochures, and the routine of hotel life including pool crowding, room views, and the monotonous bill from the cashier. The piece ends with a plan to sleep after figuring out how to turn off the table lamp.
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Beverly Hills
California
Hay- Adams
Washington
White House
Miami Beach
Collins Avenue
Washington Regulatory Monitor Examined in 1980 pamphlet
A long critique of federal regulation cites a 1980 issue of the Weekly Regulatory Monitor detailing proposed and adopted rules across agencies. The piece argues regulators waste billions of dollars and intrude on business, warning of an overbearing bureaucratic system draining money and lives.
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Weekly
Regulatory Monitor
The
Washington Monitor
Saeiamma Orton
Washington
CAB
CPSC
EPA
ERA
FCC
At&t
FDA
FERC
Feder
Nations Press More Budget-Cut Ideas for Second Round
The piece argues for targeting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other subsidies in a second budget cut. It urges pegging Social Security increases to wage growth rather than CPI, curbing Medicare and Medicaid, restraining government subsidies to maritime interests and tobacco farming, and limiting deductions on luxury homes. It concludes by urging broader austerity and states, Look around.
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Aes
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Helms
Reagan
White House
Almanac note for March 9 1981 historical highlights
Today is Monday March 9 the 68th day in 1981. Louis XIV personal rule began in 1661 after Mazarin's death. Mystery writer Mickey Spillane is 63 today.
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Louis XIV
Cardinal Mazarin
Mickey Spillane
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