Word: benefited
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Harder to calculate is the effect of so-called soft-money contributions--funds donated by wealthy individuals, unions and corporations to political parties that indirectly benefit candidates' campaigns. Federal Election Commission figures indicate that the soft money in this year's election may be three times what...
...running for the Senate. He has constructed his platform along conservative business lines. To stimulate the economy, he would impose a modified flat tax, cut the capital-gains tax at least 50% and judge the worth of federal departments like the FDA and EPA by subjecting them to cost-benefit and risk-benefit analyses. A former U.S. Attorney, he's tough on crime and supports "three-strikes" sentencing, but opposes gun control...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "It is my strong belief that small businesses will benefit from increased trade...Promoting export is one of the best means to that...
...want "the joy of children," Pomeroy brought home his second adopted child this spring, just three weeks after voting for a bill to give parents making less than $75,000 a $5,000 tax credit for adopting a child. (Earning $133,600, Pomeroy wouldn't qualify for the benefit.) The two-term incumbent has also introduced legislation to reduce health-insurance costs for the self-employed and allow income-tax deductions for college tuition...
...mentality has also fostered the belief that those who do not vote forfeit their right to voice displeasure at bad candidates who win office. This notion is an unfortunate distortion of the democratic philosophy because it suggest that only those who participate explicitly in the democratic process deserve to benefit and it also suggests that when a campaign is run there is a clear choice and half of us get it wrong. Given the chance to vote in 1992, I would have voted for Clinton, a choice that is clearly wrong for me in 1996. And it seems that since...