Sugar quotas and subsidies define Washington in springtime
The article critiques Reagan era policy on sugar import quotas and price supports, noting how tax cuts were traded for sugar favors. It highlights off-budget loans to farmers, GOP pressure to expand storage financing, and the persistence of government tinkering that preserves subsidies while avoiding formal deficits.
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Washington
United States
Reagan
Ludwig von Mises
Senate
Agriculture
John Block
Feds
GOP
May 24 Highlights From History 1982
On this date in 1941 the German battleship Bismarck sank the British battle cruiser Hood in the North Atlantic with over 1300 lives lost. Also noted are Peter Minuit buying Manhattan for $24 in 1625 and Samuel Morse sending the first telegraph message in 1844 from Washington to Baltimore.
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North Atlantic
Peter Minuit
Dutch West India Trading Company
Island of
Manhattan
Samuel Morse
Washington D.C
Baltimore
Prayer debates twist and turn by Buckley
William F Buckley surveys allied and opposing arguments to a prayer amendment. He parries Shanker and peers into the politics behind the proposed change, arguing that the rights of majorities matter and urging a forceful stance against judicially restrictive interpretations.
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Shanker
Richard Cohen
Dole amendment labeled compromise draws sharp rebuke
James J. Kilpatrick criticizes Senator Doles voting rights amendment as a harmful step that would institutionalize racist policies. He argues the measure expands group rights, dilutes individual voting rights, and impairs state and local election administration across the nation. He urges opposition to the bill as unjust and ill-considered.
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Shanker
Edwin Yoder
Reagan
United States
Ed Yoder
Dole
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Jim Welsh
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Odessa Texas
Citizen Smith
By Dave Gerard
AAV Seas Co
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Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers of
City of New York
Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln
Pearl Harbor
Nelson Rockefeller
New York City
Congress
Albert
Alber
Board of Eduation
By James J. Kilpatrick
Robert Dole
Kansas
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House
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Cardozo
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