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...while dramatically increasing spending for the military, domestic security and veterans services. If enacted, projected deficits will reach $1 trillion over the next five years. The proposal also abandons financial support for some of the nation’s most important social programs. Bush is taking advantage of the country??€™s economic slump and the war on terrorism to give tax breaks to his wealthy political patrons and to spend money we don’t have on Republican pet projects...
...trillion over 10 years if all of the administration’s tax cuts are enacted. We are already two weeks away from hitting the limit on the government’s borrowing authority granted by Congress; Bush’s proposed tax cuts would only make the country??€™s financial situation worse. And the budget included no projection of the cost of a war with Iraq, which administration officials have said could be as high as $200 billion...
...enacted, this plan could be fiscally disastrous for the country??€™s fragile economy. The federal deficit, representing 2.7 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, could potentially lead to increased interest rates, endangering future economic growth. While presently low interest rates have protected middle-class homeowners from the economic downturn by allowing them to refinance mortgages, large government deficits—and spiked interest rates—would leave these families without such a safety net. Higher interest rates will also deter businesses from borrowing, leaving capital investment stagnated as well...
...Australian aboriginal girls abducted from their homes in 1931 due to a government policy aiming to educate native children in white Australian culture. Portraying their escape from the training camp, the film follows the girls as they avoid professional trackers and attempt to find their way home using the country??€™s long rabbit fence. Director Phillip Noyce avoids painting the bureaucrat in charge of the program (Kenneth Branagh) as a one-dimensional villain, opting for a more sophisticated view of the racial superiority that is still found in Australia. Rabbit-Proof Fence screens...
...most hours per week get the most out of any given class, at least on their all-important transcripts. However, it becomes clear upon closer examination that this is a system better suited to a second-rate grade school than what is supposedly one of the country??€™s very finest universities. It results in an education where regurgitation is prized over inspiration, shortchanging students and faculty alike...