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...latest Republican tax cut plan. As the majority party in the Senate, the Democrats control the legislative agenda. With another round of tax cuts on the table, there is no better time for Democrats to assert themselves. Not only would this foster dialogue on Capitol Hill and encourage the proper functioning of our democratic processes, it may prevent the country from sinking back into the days of Ronald Reagan, when the country’s debt skyrocketed, creating an ephemeral, artificial economic boost. This short-lived high led to the halcyon days of former President Bush’s administration...
...must cut taxes, we should direct the cuts to those who would benefit most. By keeping working families afloat and assisting the unemployed, we would avert some of the worst aspects of a contracting economy: rampant crime and a national sense of failure. The proper tax cuts would fulfill a moral obligation to give those most in need a helping hand. It’s time that President Bush and his Republican colleagues stick up for the some of the ordinary folks who voted for them, rather than continuing to line the pockets of the wealthiest Americans...
...inexplicably failed to send a personal representative. And the maneuvering in Peshawar ignores a harsh reality. When you ask four Afghan refugees who should rule their country, you get four different answers. Ghulan Sarwar, 50, favors the King. Mahmood Ayub, 25, says only the Taliban can maintain peace and proper Islam. He would go and fight for it now if he had food for his family. Twentyish Amanullah is Uzbek and says former President Burhanuddin Rabbani must rule because he is a family relative. Mohammed Daoud, in his 50s, feels betrayed by every leader and trusts no government to bring...
...section discusses the proper way for a performer to collect money during a performance: “contributions may be received in any receptacle, such as an open musical instrument case...
...have produced clever books, such as Andrei Codrescu’s Road Scholar. The wit, however, emanated from those authors’ ability to penetrate into the truly odd, to show how it was also truly American, and finally explain how the bizarre might make sense in a proper American context...