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Programs like SCORxE (pronounced score), which launched last October with a budget of about $1 million for the first year, are not without controversy. They represent an unusual and, at least initially, somewhat expensive new role for government. A few other states have similar programs, and the idea has taken hold in Australia and Canada. But in deeply conservative South Carolina, it is surprising to find enthusiasm for using state money to counteract private-industry marketing...
...Diner has unfortunately become a pejorative term. And of course waiters from snooty high-end places sometimes put on airs. They start to feel that because they work in close proximity to money or power that they've got it themselves. They develop foie-gras taste on a liverwurst budget. They won't spend money on education or new shoes, but they'll spend $400 on going out to eat. And waiters and kitchen staff tend not to have great love for one another. The difference between the two groups is like the difference between Palestinians and Israelis. Both live...
...from Los Angeles, waved a Chinese flag, yet wore a Team USA shirt. Who was he rooting for? "China," he says. Why? "Because I'm pissed off at the government," he says. "They've lied to us in the past, and spent a lot of money on its military budget that can help the poor in our country, and help feed others in less fortunate areas." Well, if you hate the administration so much, why are you wearing that USA shirt? Says Kelly: "It's the only clean one I have...
...after the GAO released its report, Iraq's parliament adopted a $21 billion 2008 supplementary budget...
...Iraqi government, meanwhile, grossed an estimated $96 billion in revenues from 2005 to 2007, almost entirely from oil. Between $67 another $79 billion in oil revenues is projected for Iraq in 2008 with prices remaining at record levels on the world market. That leaves the Iraqi government with a budget surplus this year of roughly $50 billion, which is managed by the Central Bank of Iraq along with the country's other revenues. Yet Iraq has spent only a fraction of its own money on reconstruction. The GAO report found that the Iraqi government spent just $12.2 billion...