I'd like to see the state restore us to the aid level we were receiving in 1990.

The practice of setting uniform financial aid levels, however, may well be justified.

If state aid is frozen at the current $3.7 million aid level, that tax increase will grow by an additional $16.

Since the relief effort began last month, Iranian officials have frequently demanded that aid levels be intensified.

This tactic might work if we continue the present aid levels, about a billion dollars a year, over the next 20 years.

Numerous studies have found no real correlation between aid levels and the economic performance of developing countries.

"Some people may think you can cut back on the income tax and keep aid levels the same and not see an impact," he said.

Additionally, aid levels tend to be inadequate to address some financial problems in developing markets.

The countries that had already achieved aid levels higher than these targets promised to maintain.

The proposal represents an increase of $700 million or 9.4 percent over 1987-88 aid levels.