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...most of the same people who insist that their apples are local, their bankers tolerant, their handbags messianic, and their maids affluent seem perfectly comfortable propping up the demand side of a trade which forces thousands of Americans into a life at the margins of society. Between all of their insistences that pot doesn’t hurt people, they seem to have forgotten that the stuff has to come from somewhere. And this is quite a large omission to make...
...took off in wealthier Western Europe as well. The car now sells in more than 50 countries, and Renault is struggling to meet demand. "Our aim is to produce the most affordable car in its segment, and because we're doing that well, we're starting to see more affluent buyers and families buying Logans as their second and third cars," says Sylvain Bilaine, managing director of Renault India, where the model launched earlier this year...
...President Bush and House GOP leaders now siding against poor sick kids? Because a Democratic bill would enlarge the program--by hiking tobacco taxes--to include children of lower-middle-class and of even slightly more affluent folks who, say, recently lost their jobs and can't make ends meet. The $35 billion expansion, critics warn, is the Dems' first step toward socialized medicine. "Their proposal would move millions of children who now have private health insurance into government-run health care," says Bush, whose promised veto could come as early...
...policy “only produces the same kind of units that are built in the market,” she said, and because new Cambridge residents tend to be young and affluent, “the market is producing one- to two-bedroom units” not suitable for families...
This TIME Style & Design poll of 400 affluent Russian respondents was conducted through personal interviews in June 2007 by GfK Roper at 31 different locations in Moscow and St. Petersburg, including upscale shopping malls, boutiques, hotels, car dealerships and fitness clubs. Respondents made at least 50,000 rubles a month. The margin of error...