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...kill the tax on dividends rather than offer double-tax relief to a broader swath of Americans? The Bush Administration makes the argument that tax relief for investment income is better for the economy than relief for paycheck income. A White House spokeswoman told TIME, "Taxes on capital are very inefficient. So your bang for your buck in terms of lost revenue compared to the amount of jobs and growth that would be created by removing the tax on capital is very high...
Smith also misunderstands the purpose behind the BGLTSA’s distribution of “BGLTQ safe space” door signs. The signs were not a means of sidestepping Pappin’s argument, they were a means of turning extremist doctrine into a teachable moment. The signs did not silence Pappin or anyone else—rather, they gave students a way to publicly disagree with Pappin and to affirm their conviction that BGLTQ students are valuable members of the College community. The signs remind us that while Harvard is a fairly welcoming place for BGLTQ students...
Refusing to engage Gladden Pappin’s so-called argument about our own immorality was a political, measured decision on the part of the BGLTSA. We neither wish to censor Pappin nor to indulge him with a rebuttal that would be both fruitless and demeaning. We’d much rather conserve our energy for an evolving agenda of visibility and advocacy in the new semester and beyond...
...onus on Saddam Hussein to prove he has disarmed, and chief inspector Dr. Hans Blix this week testified that Iraq has thus far failed on this front. The case becomes even stronger if the U.S. can show proof of an Iraqi effort to stymie the inspection process, because the argument for giving inspections more time is premised on the idea of Iraqi cooperation. It will become increasingly difficult for reluctant Council members to argue against military action if Powell can prove that Iraq is currently camouflaging prohibited activities from the inspectors. Russia's President Vladimir Putin, for example, said Tuesday...
...Allies skeptical of U.S. moves to accelerate the timetable of military action generally welcomed Bush's promise that the U.S. would present evidence to back its claims against Iraq. They have not been convinced of the President's argument that Saddam Hussein represents enough of a threat to justify military action. Bush gave little hint in his speech of the new evidence Powell might present - the President's indictment of Saddam for the most part reiterated allegations previously made regarding Iraq's weapons programs and its ties with terrorists. Those allegations have thus far failed to convince the likes...