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...16th Amendment, which passed 77-0 in the Senate and 318-14 in the House. Tax began at 1 percent on taxable net income over $3,000 for an individual, and topped off at 7 percent for those making more than $500,000 (approximately $8 million in today??s currency...
...about our country—we need to be proactive. Among the more than 14 million American students studying at a post-secondary school level, fewer than 10 percent study a foreign language. It seems that almost every European I have met has spoken at least passable English. In today??s global society, nations and peoples are interdependent as never before; area studies and foreign language study are crucial for national security and economic competition. Moreover, knowledge of a foreign language facilitates communication, increases knowledge and understanding of other cultures, allows insight into the nature of language...
McCain pays lip service to democracy, but what exactly does democracy mean in a modern society? Few citizens have the time to master all the intricacies of today??s vast government and complex society. Instead, we elect leaders and hold them responsible for the peace and well-being of the republic. McCain’s campaign finance crusade represents an artful attempt to abdicate responsibility, to engage in the effortless demagoguery of blaming others for the failings of today??s politicians. In this regard, it is a greater threat to democracy than all the unregulated political...
...improve on those trust fund returns without simply cutting off some group of retirees—which is what the Bush plan, minus an infusion of government money, would have done. Giving current workers new individual accounts without adding more money would have just been stealing from today??s elderly to pay tomorrow’s. Barring extraordinary intervention from Congress (read: raising taxes, cutting benefits or borrowing from other budgets), the most detailed available version of the plan would have sent the trust fund bankrupt for nearly two decades...
...Among their descendents in today??s fast-paced urban Boston, the old ways, though not entirely extinct, are fast fading. “Lifestyles have changed,” says Robert Minturn ’61, a member of the Somerset Club. “Young people work-they have a sandwich at their desk and then go to the gym for 40 minutes. They won’t spend an hour and a half at the Somerset in the middle of the day.” Even the older crowd is more likely to power-lunch...