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Irish Prime Minister P. Bartholomew “Bertie” Ahern defended Ireland’s active role in supporting the European Union (E.U.) at the Institute of Politics (IOP) last night. The event, “Ireland and the European Union: Promoting Peace and Prosperity Home and Abroad,” filled the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum for a 30-minute speech by the Prime Minister focusing on the European Treaty and the importance for the E.U. to act collectively abroad and together with the United States. “The main reason for this European Treaty...
...that," he says, explaining that classmates who went to big cities "are now professors and earning big bucks." The system, he says, is set up so that rural areas will never have good doctors or other medical staff, tens of thousands of whom leave to work in cities or abroad. "It's better to start a practice in the city than go to the country and ruin your life...
...former Republican senator from Tennessee may have adopted his view from a trend abroad. In Eastern Europe, for example, nine countries have already adopted some form of a flat tax. Thompson advocated a similar system: individuals would pay 10 percent on income below $50,000 and 25 percent on the rest. With this quasi-flat tax and the current tax remaining as an option (to be phased out), unchecked loopholes could be closed, and both administrative expenses and general confusion would diminish, while compliance increased. (At least, this has been the Eastern European experience...
...government, sensible tax reform could be a way to repair an image that has begun to suffer at home after years of degradation abroad. According to a recent Gallup Poll, the percentage of people who do not trust the government at all on domestic issues has doubled since May 2000. This unprecedented loss of public confidence might be reversed with a judicious rewrite of the tax code—certainly an excruciating prospect for many at the top of the political world...
...opportunities for students with this influx of money, the Office of International Programs will also have to step up its administrative processes in order to take full advantage of the donation. The gift will go a long way in terms of funding students and programs, but within the study abroad administration, there could still be improvements on various different aspects of the process, such as transferring of course credits and student advising...