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At issue: Obama's proposal to increase the taxes that wealthier Americans pay into the system. Currently, workers are taxed on only the first $97,500 of what they earn, a limit that will rise to $102,000 next year. Getting rid of the income cap, he says, would be...
Turning it over to a commission is the kind of duck-and-cover drill that politicians have usually been able to get away with on Social Security. But Obama and Edwards aren't going along this time. "We're not really picking a fight about Social Security," says Obama strategist...
The European Commission on Tuesday addressed the issue head-on when it proposed reforms to the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the skein of price supports, export subsidies, and environmental payments that gobbles up 44% of the E.U.'s $187 billion annual budget.
In poll after opinion poll, about 7 in 10 Australians say climate change and water are issues important enough to influence their (compulsory) votes at the Nov. 24 election. "Climate change is a big problem," says McClelland. "Just what the answer is I'm not sure. But whoever is in...
"There can be no fair and free elections under the emergency; there can be no fair and free elections when the chief of army staff is also President; there can be no fair and free election under the present Election Commission," Bhutto told reporters after being freed from house arrest...