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...escape their tax burden. A report recently released by CTJ and the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy noted that top U.S. corporations have used loopholes to steadily reduce their tax obligations over the last decade. For example, Texaco earned $3.4 billion in profits from 1996 to 1998, but instead of paying taxes it received money from the federal government to the tune of $304 million. If the loopholes were closed, this money could be returned to individuals--we would rather see a negative income tax for the working poor than for Fortune 500 companies. Hopefully the next president will...
...horror!") To deal with this new development, our irrational fear of the Internet--and our irrational faith in the power of a technological quick fix--must both be discarded. When faced with such a powerful medium, society simply can't afford to let computers make all the decisions. Instead, we'll have...
...fourth category is the "contradictory" category. When you make statements like, "One reason people are skeptical is because people don't answer the questions they've been asked," you should probably take the Fifth instead. Earlier in the debate, a 24-year-old woman asked you how your tax plan would affect her as a middle-class single woman with no dependents. Part of your response included, "It'll be a world of peace because we're going to have a clearer, clear-sighted foreign policy." You also hit on Medicare and education. These are important issues, but they...
...thing you mustn't do is pick a president to solve the problems of the immediate past," Bok says, specifying that he is speaking only of problems that affect the academic community generally. Instead, Harvard should seek a president willing to face new issues and concerns of the future...
Although Bok has been interviewed by the current presidential search committee, he says he won't meddle in the search process. Instead, he will continue with his academic work and let the 27th president solve the problems of the future. In the meantime, he watches the process with an objective eye, reserving judgement and only speaking if called upon...