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Article: Cooked Books
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 24, 1989
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The other day President Bush announced from the Agriculture
Department that he was speeding up $850 million in income support
payments to help sustain farmers still feeling the harsh effects of
last summer's drought.
That was a wise and generous decision, and further proof of what
an advantage it is to have an experienced president who knows how to
make economical use of the funds at his disposal. Just a few days
before, the White House had made the opposite use of the same $850
million. The speeding-up of the payments had been construed by the
president, his budget director and congressional leaders as an
example not of generosity but of restraint. It was part of their
budget ...