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...economic impact of Yale on New Haven is, and has always been, undoubtedly positive. If Yale ever left New Haven, the city's economy would collapse. New Haven would resembled the now bankrupt city of Bridgeport, Conn...
This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less; when others cannot work at all; when the cost of health care devastates millions and threatens to bankrupt many of our enterprises, great and small; when fear of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the life we are calling them to lead--we have not made change our friend...
...began working to improve Chelsea's schools, the city's problems worsened. In 1991, financial and political problems left Chelsea bankrupt. The city was placed into receivership, the entire school system was dismantled, and a sixth of the teachers were permanently laid...
...cards are canceled, their bank fails, their food costs soar, their son is seriously injured when a poorly maintained bridge collapses and the car he's in plunges into a river. By week's end a newspaper headline explains everything: DOLLAR IN FREE FALL, cries the paper, NATION IS BANKRUPT. Figgie isn't talking about mere possibilities here. In his view, shared by retiring Republican Senator Warren Rudman in a slightly less hysterical foreword to the book, the plight of Tom and Betsy will be shared by virtually every American if the country does not change its profligate ways...
...part, Carey complains vehemently that the union will go bankrupt at the rate ($385 an hour) that Lacey's law firm bills the Teamsters for its supervisory work. "The government created me in a democratic process, and democracy should be given an opportunity to work," he says. "They've been in here for three years, and if they haven't cleaned it out, why not? What's the problem, guys? How in hell can anybody justify $385 an hour -- this really frustrates the sout of me -- when we have members picking lettuce in California for $4.25 an hour...