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...jobs and the economy. As he prepared to barnstorm the country for his plan to eliminate the tax on dividends and accelerate income-tax rate cuts, the president was in no mood to go off message. "We understand capital," Bush asserted, laying the groundwork for his central argument that tax cuts spur growth and serve as a cure-all for most economic ills. "I remember in the '80s, when people said we will have deficits forever," Bush said. "The next thing I know is that in the late '90s we begin to get into surplus. We've got to generate...
However, Summers argued that industrialization did much good, bringing unthinkable wealth to billions across the globe. Ferguson makes an analogous argument about Britain’s imperial history...
Ferguson’s conclusion brings his argument into the contemporary debate over the American Empire. He argues that the worlds needs the steadying hand once provided by the Pax Britannica. Now, the United States alone can provide such a force...
...alone in her frustrations. Whether on the floor, in a stall, in a tub or on top of a sink, bathroom acts of sexile have aroused anger in many an undergrad’s roommate. Walk into any dining hall, and you’ll probably find an argument swelling between the clean, satiated roommate and the dirty, disgruntled...
Bolstering his argument with evidence from the Classics, Palmer read a passage out of Homer’s Odyssey and said that Homer is telling the reader that “the cyclops is a savage because he doesn’t trade...