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...lowest state pensions by 5%; to have the state pay rental deposits for its poorest citizens, to offer all young people starting out in the job market an interest-free loan of 10,000 euros, as well as to subsidize 500,000 starting jobs for citizens in that age bracket. Royal avoided any concrete suggestion that new taxes would be needed to pay for those new rights. She did say she wanted to shift the tax burden "from labor to capital." Beyond that, the only means proffered to finance these programs was that old political chestnut, cutting out waste - that...
Tuition hikes may not mean much for those at the top of the income bracket, or for those whose education is largely subsidized by expanding financial aid programs. But for everybody else, they present a major impediment to pursuing a college degree. If we allow tuition to rise at current rates, we risk creating a polarized community of a privileged few who subsidize the education of low-income students, while those in between these two extremes opt for cheaper alternatives such as state schools or non-Ivy League institutions that offer attractive scholarship packages. If the overall price of tuition...
Ogunwole had a breakout season in his junior year, taking the heavyweight title at the EIWA Championships and finishing sixth in the NCAA bracket. His performance earned him a nod as an All-American...
...brother, at a pay rate - $15 an hour - that was much higher than what his brother, who had dropped out of high school, had started at. With his diploma, he's also eligible for further technical training that can eventually place him in a very comfortable middle-class tax bracket...
...million dollar rugby facility. “Harvard is as talented as any team I’ve seen this year.” Despite low initial expectations and a lackluster opening to the season, the club has rallied of late to secure the second seed in the northeastern bracket of the national tournament. “At the beginning of the season, I would have been surprised to hear that Harvard made it to nationals,” team captain Andrei R. Plair ’07 said. “But once we got the ball rolling...