Word: less
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...bill as a tax cut to families that pay more as married couples filing jointly than they would if they filed individually. In reality, the bill cuts taxes for people paying a marriage "penalty," but it also cuts taxes for those receiving a marriage "bonus," i.e. people who pay less because they are filing jointly than they would if they filed individually. The bill helps married couples, but does nothing for single individuals...
...status. People should not be rewarded for being married, just as they should not be rewarded for remaining single. Due to the quirkiness of America's tax code, that will never happen. Some people will always pay a little more if they file together; others will pay less. A bill that addresses the inequalities would be a welcome change, but a bill that simply gives a tax cut only to families who happen to be married does not address the basic issue at stake...
Whatever the reason for Harvard's less-than-stellar play, the Crimson did not look comfortable under the lights. Harvard night games are rare. The team would have had one last Tuesday at Hartford, but inclement weather postponed the game to Halloween...
Citibank's Cohen says that of all the credit card solicitations that Citibank sends out to college students, less than 1percent engender any sort of response--and only half of the students who respond actually sign up for a credit card...
...hard to find anyone left standing--much less standing tall--after the government's strange case against nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee came crashing to the ground last week. No one was bleeding so heavily as the FBI and its director, Louis Freeh, whose top agent recanted some of his testimony against the 60-year-old Los Alamos engineer. But there was rubble everywhere you looked. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, whose department had ignored security lapses at Los Alamos for years, was walking around in a daze. Rescue workers were still searching for Attorney General Janet Reno and her deputy...