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...matter of magnitude, he says. "There have been certain cases in history where people have found it necessary to break certain laws for certain reasons--for example, Rosa Parks--and I just don't think Bart Simpson t-shirts or driving 65 miles an hour--unless there's a real emergency--is in the same category of importance...
...taxpayers. The White House and congressional leadership had hoped to overwhelm qualms about the pact's fairness by arguing that it was the best compromise that could be achieved. But as soon as the plan was presented, the Administration, House Speaker Tom Foley and minority leader Robert Michel promptly found themselves absorbing fire from left, right and center. The plan's Medicare component immediately became one paradigm of the scheme's vulnerabilities. Loreen Gephardt, 81, mother of the House majority leader, seemed to speak for the 33 million other Medicare recipients when she urged her son to leave Medicare alone...
Potent lobbies for the elderly soon found an ally in Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman of California. "Senior citizens didn't create the deficit, and they shouldn't be forced to pay for it," he argued. "The elderly are being told they should bear the burden so that we don't have to raise taxes on the very wealthy...
Since Bush also cherishes his popularity at home, he pays close attention to the polls. A TIME/CNN survey last month found 59% support for the proposition that the U.S. should wait for sanctions to work rather than launch a pre- emptive attack. The White House is picking up the same message in its own soundings of public opinion...
...Arafat sees it, he is covering his bets. Whether there is war or peace, he reckons, the Palestinian issue will have to be addressed. Moreover, if a peaceful solution is found in the gulf, he figures he will share the credit as a mediator. "I am sure some will reward us for helping avoid a catastrophe," says Arafat adviser Bassam Abu Sharif. That may be wishful thinking. The peace package Arafat is touting directly links Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait to Israel's surrender of the West Bank and Gaza -- an unacceptable proposition for the U.S. And in the unlikely...