1.   The investors took this interest rate cut as a sign that the Government was desperate.

2.   Wilson made three separate proposals for personal income tax cuts as the California economy recovered from a deep recession.

3.   The Pentagon portrayed these cuts as the largest overseas withdrawal since the conclusion of the Second World War.

4.   It is well known that Keynes opposed money-wage cuts as a cure for unemployment, but the reasons for his opposition have been widely misunderstood.

5.   Among Republicans, some favor tax cuts as a way to speed economic growth, while others believe balancing the budget should be the higher priority.

6.   Analysts described the cuts as do-or-die.

7.   And it does not regard all bruises and cuts as serious.

8.   And most polling on the issue in the last year has found Social Security consistently outranking tax cuts as a priority among voters.

9.   And most economists, regardless of their politics or ideology, view such tax cuts as a lousy idea.

10.   And the marked tendency of some transit officials to shrug off service cuts as marginal, and riders who complain as whiners, is enough to make him apoplectic.