Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dukakis won the Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses last night in a demonstration of voter appeal outside his native New England. The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sen. Paul Simon (D.-III.) were locked in a tight race for second place...
...have to do respectably and I have to appeal to people to vote their conscience rather than the commercials," Simon said on his final day of campaigning in Minnesota...
...such sentiments and statistics is the fear of an age war born. Lured by high stakes and intuitive appeal, the lobbyists are swarming around the "generational equity" issue. Three years ago, Republican Senator David Durenberger from Minnesota helped establish the youth-advocacy group AGE (Americans for Generational Equity) to advance the claims of the young and counterbalance the powerful gray lobby. "The AARP is almost totally focused on the well being of its clients," says AGE Executive Director Paul Hewitt, "but they are going to have to address ways to avoid putting unbearable burdens on the baby boomers' children." Other...
...That voters with low income and education, like many of Robertson's supporters, are traditionally less active and influential in party politics. Then why are so many candidates using a populist appeal this year, which deliberately seeks a low base in the social scale? Iowa returns showed that half of Robertson's people did not go to college (for Bush that total was 29%), and 41% of them made $30,000 or less a year (compared with 26% of Bush's total...
...year. The 401(k)'s biggest break: contributions are taken from pretax income, with taxes deferred until the money is withdrawn. For most single taxpayers earning more than $25,000 and married couples with incomes in excess of $40,000, IRA contributions are made with after-tax income. Another appeal of the 401(k) is that the accumulated earnings grow tax free, as they do in an IRA. Some firms also match 401(k) contributions. The companies hire financial experts to manage the funds, which are put into such investments as stocks, bonds and certificates of deposit...