Word: earned
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...last chance to express your feelings. The next Congressional election is two years away; the next Presidential contest twice as far. The candidates have crisscrossed the nation giving speeches, creating proposals on every contentious issue and spending a fortune on advertising over the last year trying to earn your vote. The decision that we make today will determine the course of this nation...
...phantom victory, the networks have seemed to settle into a comfortable, if surreal groove, doing the kind of talky, laid-back coverage you can afford to do at 4 in the morning while you wait for a recount. George Stephanopoulous, for instance, finally had the chance to earn his keep on ABC as a former Clintonista, guesstimating what sort of discussions must be going on among the Gore staff. (His theory: the Gore-ites will use impeachment as a rationalization for using what legal means they need to challenge the results, at least initially...
Eventually, Lindsey and Stanford economist John Cogan came up with a plan to drop the bottom rate from 15% to 10% and to double the "kiddie-tax credit" from $500 to $1,000 and make it available to people who earn up to $200,000. When the provisions for the repeal of the estate tax and marriage penalties are mixed in, Bush's plan still tilts heavily toward the rich. But the new cuts at the bottom end (worth at least $1,000 to a waitress mom making $22,000 a year) armed Bush with something Republicans have not recently...
...while political separation would be welcomed in Ramallah and Gaza, the threat of economic separation is regarded by most Palestinians with real horror. Mohammed Khatib, a 30-year-old father of four, hasn't worked since the violence began. He used to earn $30 a day as a construction worker in Jerusalem. A job in his hometown of Bethlehem would pay half that--if he could find one. But there are no jobs, and Khatib sits at home "smoking and drinking tea." Like a quarter of all Palestinian workers, Khatib either earns his money in Israel or earns nothing. "This...
...measures wouldn't greatly increase the number of middle-class parents who can afford to send their kids to college, but rather would allow them to do so with greater ease. The credits aren't refundable, however, and wouldn't help the millions of workers who don't earn enough to owe income taxes (even though they pay hefty Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes...