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...basically had a veiled class war in the '80s. I don't accept the proposition that we cannot afford to make a down payment on fairness. There is a whole different argument for the children's tax credit. It is very much harder to raise a child for a middle-class family today than it was 40 years ago. Our country used to take the position that the way to build strong families was to enable the working people to have enough money to raise their families. We have totally abandoned that now in the tax changes...
...yesterday, however, Ignatiev said he didnot know whether Berry had received or acceptedLiem's payment...
...many servicemen and -women do have a choice: between volunteering to leave in exchange for a "copper handshake" severance package and waiting to be sacked and getting less attractive benefits. A staff sergeant with 10 years service, for instance, can choose to leave with a $28,100 lump-sum payment or a $4,700 annual annuity over 20 years. But if the same sergeant does not volunteer, he or she can be separated with one-third less pay. "It's a terrible decision to have to make," says Staff Sergeant Stephen Underwood, a gulf-war veteran who has decided...
Milken's latest payment would be part of a $1.3 billion deal that calls for other former executives of the Drexel Burnham Lambert investment firm to contribute $300 million. The officers' insurance firms would provide the remaining $100 million. At the same time, Pollack would decide how to distribute the funds among plaintiffs in the various legal actions...
...consumption, a rationale beyond sympathy is needed. So with a straight face and a fair amount of feigned indignation, Clinton regularly swipes at those who pooh-pooh his idea. "That $350 a year may not sound like much," says Clinton, "but for many, it's a month's mortgage payment -- and that's nothing to sneeze at." Suffice it to say that in New Hampshire, where the economy has moved from recession to depression, most Democratic voters seemed to side with Tsongas...