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(Archived document, may contain errors) 6/23/93 197 THE SENATE RECONCILIATION BILL: REPEATING THE MISTAKES OF THE 1990 BUDGET DEAL

Terrorist Attack on America

Congress soon will consider a $5.9 billion funding request from the Agency for International Development (AID), the State Department agency that provides foreign aid to less developed countries in an attempt to alleviate Third World poverty. Congress and the Bush Administration also are considering a revision of the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, which governs AID. While AID deserves funding, it needs a clear revised statement of its goals even more. That AID remains plagued by problems is apparen...

(Archived document, may contain errors) 8/8/86 WHY REAGAN SHOULD GIVE A GREEN LIGHT TO PRIVATE SPACE LAUNCHERS (Updating Backgrounder No. 500, "What Next for NASA,H April 4, 1986, and Backgrounder Update No. 12, "Private Launchers Can Ease America's Space Vehicle Crisis," June 5, 1986.)

(Archived document, may contain errors) 2/28/95 241 DEMOCRACY A CASUALTY OF ARISTIDE'S BID FOR POWER

Economic evidence proves that when tax rates are reduced, the economy prospers, tax revenues grow, and lower-income citizens bear a lower share of the tax burden. Examining three decades -the 1920s, the 1960s, and the 1980s-Mitchell shows how tax policy can affect the economy and the Treasury, and provides suggestions for changes to tax policies in the 1990s. Heritage Lecture #565, Taxes, Deficits, and Economic Growth, by Daniel J. Mitchell (May 14, 1996) Comparing the two dominant schools of th...

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