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[Israel]

"Anderson's review of the federal spending budget has concluded today-Anderson is going to address the issue to the press in ten minutes or so at the White House."

-Walter Cronkite (1981)

"It appears that under the previous [Carter] Administration-coinciding with these energy programs, social programs, and such-there's been an increasing amount of staffers in administering them-whatever policy actions the President and the Congress take, if to cut the spending budget, I'd recommend a review, and yes-an overhaul-of the civil service."

-Martin Anderson (1981)

 

[Israel]

Update tomorrow, hopefully

 

[Israel]

"I don't know how these tax cuts Buckley was talking about in the campaign can be implemented without hurting low-earning Americans. Fact of the matter is, a tax cut is not going to help someone who has barely enough to feed his family regardless of what he gives in taxes."

-Tip O'Neill (1981)

"So Martin Anderson was talking about overhauling the civil service, about a massive reduction in federal employment. Is that the best direction to get a tax cut passed?"

"Well, that depends on what he plans to do with the civil service once he cuts the budget-once he cuts the amount of administrators and the like. He's going to have to lower regulatory standards, or else it just won't work."

-Pat Buchanan and Bill Simon (1981)

"Buckley better know what he's doing here, cause these people have had to be doing something for the government to hire them."

-Dallas resident (1981)

 

[Israel]

"The White House have released their budgetary plan for 1981. It called for a twenty-one percent reduction in the amount of civil service employees by the end of the year. This will coincide with an almost identical cut in the amount of federal spending on welfare insurance-specifically in reference for individuals-on welfare for more than fifteen months-one and a quarter years."

-Tom Brokaw (1981)

"I don't know what the Administration thinks this will get us, because all I can see coming out of this is more people left without assistance, more people without jobs. He still has not finalized his tax rates, and I don't think they'll do much good either."

-Paul Tsongs (1981)

 

[Israel]

Another update tomorrow

 

[Israel]

"I told the American people what I planned to do for them, and now that's what I will do."

-James Buckley (1981)

"Buckley has released the Tax Relief and Balance Act-the Act is designed to cut income taxes by five percent, with 2 and a third percent every upcoming four months. Corporate taxes will be cut at a rate of 1 and two third percent every upcoming six months. President Buckley said that those cuts will be accompanied by lower federal spending."

-John Chancellor (1981)

 

[Israel]

"The recent poll by Gallup put 51 percent of Americans in favor of Buckley's economic policy, 48 percent against. 53 percent of people believe that if Congress does not pass Buckley's budget and tax cuts, then Buckley should come up with a new policy."

-Dave Brinkley (1981)

"I hope that Buckley, and the Congressmen and Senators know what what they do is gonna affect us all."

-Anonymous (1981)

 

[Israel]

"Today, the House of Representatives rejected Buckley's budgetary plan, by a vote of 226 to 205."

-Walter Cronkite (1981)

"We're going to be working with Speaker O'Neill-and the Democratic Congressional Leadership-to find a compromise within the next week."

-Norman Podhoretz (1981)

 

[Israel]

"The White House and the Congressional Leadership settled the fight over the budget, by introducing a new budget which called for a maximum reduction of eleven percent of federal civil servants."

-John Chancellor (1981)

"The budget has passed the House by a vote of 265 to 142."

-Peter Jennings (1981)

"The Senate has passed the budget, 68 to 29."

-Dan Rather (1981)

 

[The Congressman]

A victory for President Buckley

 

[Israel]

"The Fairness in Foreign Crediting Act is a bill proposed in the British House of Commons. It's most significant provisions would prohibit British banks from providing loans to the governments of countries which enforce racial discrimination, or to companies which engage in racial discrimination."

-John Chancellor (1981)

 

[Israel]

"The House of Commons has approved the Fairness in Foreign Crediting Act by a vote of 347 to 280. The bill now requires the approval of the House of Lords if to become law."

-Tom Brokaw (1981)

 

[The Congressman]

"The House of Commons has approved the Fairness in Foreign Crediting Act by a vote of 347 to 280. The bill now requires the approval of the House of Lords if to become law."

-Tom Brokaw (1981)

What's the general party breakdown of it?

 

[Israel]

What's the general party breakdown of it?

176 Tories, 160 Labor, and 11 Liberal for, while 160 Tories, 109 Labor against.

 

[Israel]

"The House of Lords has approved the banking bill, and already we've been seeing what's been termed a 'crisis' in the South African financial markets-the Johannesburg stock exchange has seen several shares fall-ten, twenty percent-over hours. Meanwhile, in a lot of banks across the country people are demanding to liquidate their savings-people in South Africa, and outside the country, are looking to the Government for any action on this growing issue."

-Dan Rather (1981)

 

[Israel]

"I'm officially instituting a moratorium on all stock and bond trading, all banking activity for the next ten business days."

-PW Botha (1981)

"If we did not become so dependent on Britain-or any NATO power-we would not have been forced almost to economic collapse because some foreign banks can't grand us the same loans they used to."

-Jaap Marais (1981)

"The popularity of the Herstigte Nasionale [Party] has risen by eleven points in the aftermath of the moratorium, while the popularity of the Progressive Federal's have risen by seven points."

-Peter Jennings (1981)

 

[The Congressman]

Oh dear, extremism is on the rise in south Africa

 

[Israel]

"A Vote of No Confidence in the South African Parliament against the Current Government has Passed, 84-79."

-Peter Jennings (1981)

"If this is the will of the people, then I can't disobey it."

-PW Botha (1981)

"The question remains, who will now run the Government?"

-Dan Rather (1981)

 

[Israel]

Sorry for not updating the last few days

 

[Israel]

"We tried cooperating with the West-the West rejected us, so we must reject them."

-Ferdinand Hartzenberg (1981)

"The South African Education Minister, Mr Hartzenberg, has been confirmed by the Cabinet as Prime Minister."

-Tom Brokaw (1981)