51. He quickly was upbraided by President Ford, his running mate, who reminded him that it is the president, not the vice president, who sets policy. 52. He said it was important for the Fed to take the value of the dollar into account when setting monetary policy. 53. Here in California, initiatives have become a dominant means of setting government policy, not a supplemental one. 54. If states can set their own welfare policies, as many in Washington now favor, why not let them set their own air quality policies? 55. If the federal government can set national policy for seat belt use and drinking ages, why not in as sensitive an area as executions? 56. In a terse response, Irvin noted that a public-information officer sets no policies and has no decision-making abilities or voting privileges. 57. In California, tax policy is set by a five-member elected board. 58. In Canada, as in the United States, it is accepted that the central bank should set monetary policy without political interference. 59. In many districts business owners complain they have not been given enough of a say in setting policy. 60. In his interview with Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Tietmeyer said that the Bundesbank takes money supply and inflation reports into account when setting monetary policy. |