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Bailout Fallout This notion of a government bail-out [Oct. 6] is not a question of liberal vs. conservative but one of right or wrong. This one is wrong. The burden will fall on the people who need this money much more than greedy executives do. The executives should go down, just as any of us would have to. I realize the economic implications, but this country was built on sacrifice, and we may have to sacrifice again. Nicholas Gamba, SAYREVILLE...
...months ahead that could compound problems for countries that are already struggling. Although prices for oil and other commodities have declined recently, they remain at unusually high levels. Justin Lin, chief economist at the World Bank, says his organization is preparing lending programs to help ease the burden of high food and fuel costs for developing countries. "They still need to have the support, in order to protect the poor," Lin says. But it's unclear how widely available such programs will...
...notion. The idea of using a ban to manipulate culture and social norms, even for what the city considers the public good, is dangerously close to social engineering, and should concern any civil libertarian. All cost-benefit justifications and philosophical objections aside, this measure is offensive because of the burden it would place on the city’s small businesses. If smoking is banned in these bars, they are likely to go out of business, or at least be forced to undergo significant alterations. In the current economic situation, it seems entirely wrong for the city to deliberately attempt...
...cancer] epidemic in Africa is totally different from what we face in the developed world. In Africa, we have to deal with simpler solutions. You don't have the tobacco burden, but you have people obviously not getting any health care, not getting any diagnoses, not getting any medicine. That has to be addressed...
...next day we would wake up with the scoreboard still the same. Our life spans would still be shorter, our prison rolls longer and our net worths lower than the average American's. But the psychic impact could be enormous. Young blacks, like me, in particular lived with the burden of having dropped the ball that the civil rights generation advanced. Obama is our particular vindication, in that he can't win without the votes of young blacks and in his specific mannerisms. He is the start of our contribution to the fight...