Word: reforms
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Tune in to ABC at the start of the Republican and Democratic national conventions on July 31 and August 14, and you'll see grown men smashing heads and dragging each other to the ground. No, it's not the Reform party - it's Monday Night Football! The Alphabet Network has decided to go with two preseason games rather than the traditional prime-time coverage of democracy's twin infomercials, consigning the political action to halftime...
Longer range, says Gary Dugan, London-based global equity strategist for the J.P. Morgan investment bank, many investors think Europe is moving too slowly to reform the tax, labor and regulatory restrictions that make it a less attractive target for capital than the U.S. And though rising interest rates may eventually slow American growth, right now they increase the already substantial premium that investments in the U.S. pay over investments in other countries...
...reform Veterans Affairs --To protect Social Security --To reach across party lines for the sake of civility in government --To reduce the number of managers in the Federal Government...
...Congress squelches any attempt to change the system. Last week John McCain tried to curb a burgeoning money scam by forcing special-interest groups secretly backing candidates to clearly disclose who they are and what they are doing. But majority whip Tom DeLay's troops killed the Senate-backed reform in the House. Against that backdrop, Corzine's spending looks clean: at least he's using his own money, rather than being helped by the ads of obscure allies expecting favors in return...
Every state likes to trot out its welfare-to-work successes, but Minnesota has more than most. Last week a comprehensive evaluation of the state's unique approach to welfare reform--an initiative that requires recipients to work but initially subsidizes them--showed impressive results. Since the state's reform went into effect in 1994, employment among welfare recipients swelled 35%, and other measures of well-being--from marriage rates to school success--also improved...