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Toward the end of his speech, Rudenstine said that if education spending could not be spared the newly sharpened Congressional budget axe altogether, cuts should be made wisely, not recklessly...
...Congress swept into office last January with a sharpened axe in hand and the federal budget on the chopping block. And education dollars have been near the top of the list of endangered funding...
Nancy Travis (of "The Vanishing" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer") is the highlight of the film, and this performance should have cemented her position as a sexy, talented female star. But it won't, because the movie is just no good. Both she and Traction have far too much talent in their respective areas to be involved with this film...
...Some days I believe that this is definitelyreal and sometimes I think that it's a bunch ofhogwash," Miller said. "I don't have any axe togrind--whether there are aliens or not. I wouldjust like to know what the truth is. We'll neverfind the truth until we look...
Republicans are only willing to wield the budget axe against largely defenseless constituencies, such as children, the poor and minorities. Labor Secretary Robert Reich has identified $114 billion in Federal spending and subsidies that qualify as corporate welfare, yet Republicans focus on reducing entitlement spending. An analysis of tax breaks granted to major corporations provides further evidence that the Federal Government's worst sin is not bankrolling a welfare state for the poor. Rather, as M.I.T. Professor Noam Chomsky points out, the Federal Government maintains a "nanny state" for the rich--providing public subsidies to fund private profits throughout...