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Although the percentage of graduates entering the public sector since the 1980s has steadily declined, Nye expressed optimism that the trend was reversing in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, citing a four-fold increase in applications to the Kennedy School relative to last year at this time and a surging national patriotism and interest in public service...
Harvesting losses does pose some risks. If you decide to take a loss now and don't buy a similar stock or fund right away, you might miss out on the run-up as that market sector or industry recovers. Also, "if you swap out of one asset, and you take a loss and reinvest the money in another asset, you're taking a different kind of risk," says portfolio manager Josh Weiss of Litman/Gregory Asset Management. "Even though you may be swapping into something similar, it doesn't guarantee the performance will be identical...
...Bush has advocated expanded welfare benefits and rebate checks for low-income workers—although Krugman and his cronies wouldn’t want you to know it.) Accelerating the marginal rate cuts approved earlier this year would provide an incentive to work and invest. And the corporate sector, which has dropped sharply, would respond favorably to a fiscal stimulus, especially given that there are no signs of significant excess capacity. Krugman should know these arguments, but his spook tactics are aimed at readers who don?...
There are substantive debates to be had over the merits of cutting taxes, drilling in the Arctic, letting the private sector provide airport security and a host of other Republican priorities. But it is an act of intellectual dereliction to categorically dismiss those ideas as nothing but partisan favoritism. Winning the battle for public opinion requires a more sophisticated argument than prattling about how ghastly it is for Republicans to disagree with Democrats. Voices from the left ought to drop their scary stories and at least try to put up a real fight...
Moreover, students often question how instrumental they will be as a public servant and see the private sector as providing more oppotunity for distinction...