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...those changes occurred during a period of sustained economic prosperity. In these less fortunate times, instead of curtailing benefits, the government should be more compassionate to those in need. The act would have states create commendable workfare programs for welfare recipients who cannot find employment in the private sector. People would have to work a minimum number of hours to keep receiving benefits; drug and alcohol rehabilitation, childcare and other programs would be available in the remaining time. This program is a positive step, but funding should come from the federal government so as not to cause additional financial strain...
...this makes you nervous, take heart from the fact that none of this comes as a surprise to Sir Eddie. The Bank planned it to happen this way. "Policy has been keyed to engineering strength in the housing market and the household sector," says Loynes. The idea was to keep the consumer side of the economy going to make up for the sharp slide in the industrial sector. So far, it has worked. Last week, the Bank began signaling that a rate hike is on the way, but the evidence of an economic rebound remains ambiguous enough that even...
...Colonel Hamadi says the army he left behind last year was in sorry shape, demoralized, underpaid and ill equipped. Of the 33 tanks in his sector, he says, 15 were out of commission. In a land of oil wells, there was even a shortage of tank lubricant. Washington officials say sanctions have worked well to undermine Saddam's 424,000-man army. Only the 100,000 or so Republican Guards are still considered serious fighters. So a cataclysmic collapse of the army under pressure from U.S. attack is possible. But experts inside and outside Iraq count...
...month. They are anticipating that their child Naima, 23, who graduates from Brown University this month and wants to follow in the family footsteps of teaching, will need time to find a job, even if she's likely to land one eventually in that growth sector. For now, Turner Lowe is holding off taking any summer trips as a way to save money...
...It’s becoming increasingly clear to us that we’re not living up to our moral responsibility by allowing both our government and important institutions in the private sector to continue profiting from the illegal Israeli occupation,” Chaudhry said...