Economic Adjustment After the Cold War: Hearings Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred First Congress, First and Second Sessions, December 12 and 19, 1989, and March 20, 1990 |
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... percent real - above infla- tion - increase in fiscal year 1992 , and 2 percent real growth in both fiscal year 1993 and fiscal year 1994. Moreover , DOD appears to have adjusted this baseline to reflect higher inflation rates than were ...
... percent real - above infla- tion - increase in fiscal year 1992 , and 2 percent real growth in both fiscal year 1993 and fiscal year 1994. Moreover , DOD appears to have adjusted this baseline to reflect higher inflation rates than were ...
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... percent nominal growth over the 1990 level . The real budget or spending reduction would be on the order of 2.5 percent , consistent with the fiscal years 1986-1990 budgets . Of course , budgets may be cut further by the Congress , and ...
... percent nominal growth over the 1990 level . The real budget or spending reduction would be on the order of 2.5 percent , consistent with the fiscal years 1986-1990 budgets . Of course , budgets may be cut further by the Congress , and ...
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... percent of the current active duty forces . By contrast , there has been relatively little discussion of military hardware , especially of the cuts that might be considered in hard- ware programs that constitute the next generation of ...
... percent of the current active duty forces . By contrast , there has been relatively little discussion of military hardware , especially of the cuts that might be considered in hard- ware programs that constitute the next generation of ...
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... percent is for commercial transports . Still others , such as General Electric , IBM , or Texas Instruments depend only minimally on defense and have a significant corporate capacity to adjust , while companies like Hewlett Packard ...
... percent is for commercial transports . Still others , such as General Electric , IBM , or Texas Instruments depend only minimally on defense and have a significant corporate capacity to adjust , while companies like Hewlett Packard ...
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... percent in 1965 to 5 per- cent in 1985 , suggesting a different resonance of the issue of adjust- ment in the community . Although defense accounted for 40 percent of manufacturing employment on Long Island in early 1987 , one study has ...
... percent in 1965 to 5 per- cent in 1985 , suggesting a different resonance of the issue of adjust- ment in the community . Although defense accounted for 40 percent of manufacturing employment on Long Island in early 1987 , one study has ...
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$50 billion ADAMS Adjustment Assistance agency areas average baseline benefits billion cut Boeing BRINNER budget deficit capital changes Cheney Scenario civilian Cold War commercial committee companies Congress Congressional Districts contractors cost decline defense budget defense contract defense contractors defense cuts Defense Economic Adjustment defense industry defense spending deficit reduction dollars drug rehabilitation East Germany Eastern Europe effect employees employment Federal Government fense fiscal Frisby funds GANSLER going Grumman impact income increase inflation infrastructure investment Long Island loss macroeconomic major manufacturing Marshall plan ment military budget military contracts military spending national saving national security outlays payments peace dividend Pentagon Tax percent planning prepared statement problem production programs real interest rates Representative HAMILTON Representative SCHEUER retraining SCHULTZE Secretary sector Soviet Union STRASZHEIM subcontractors Table TAX BURDEN transition Warsaw Pact weapon systems
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Page 266 - Council") has found convincing evidence that the quality of America's infrastructure is barely adequate to fulfill current requirements, and insufficient to meet the demands of future economic growth and development.