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...inequality comes from the crib,” Bachelet said. “You have to give a child the best conditions from when they’re born so you can level the playing field.” She advocated for a strong state committed to following the country??s laws as a way to spread equality among citizens. She also promoted government regulation of the economy when it can help provide a more equal playing field. “It’s an honor to have such an intelligent president with such a clear idea...
...graduate challenged Gutierrez, asking him why America’s relationship with communist China is different than its relationship with the communist island 90 miles off its shore. Gutierrez asked the audience to make Cuba’s human right violations the center of its attention and linked the country??s longtime and ailing leader Fidel Castro with terrorist groups. “I believe that Fidel Castro is first and foremost anti-American,” Gutierrez said. Gutierrez connected the country??s current poverty with its leaders’ corruption...
Holding a dog-eared copy of the Constitution, a document which Ginsburg said she carries at all times, she pointed out the attached Declaration of Independence as a treatise showing the country??s respect for “what the rest of the world thought.” But she also suggested that the United States may have forgotten the importance of international opinion, citing a recent New York Times article about the decreased influence of Supreme Court decisions overseas...
...opposing the war as “pro-forfeit” is exactly the type of polarizing and impossibly simplistic dichotomy that allowed President Bush to maneuver the nation into Iraq in the first place. Between 2001 and 2003, Bush had a golden opportunity to unite and lead our country??not to mention the broader international community—towards a common goal with a shared purpose. Instead, Bush chose to pander to his base with divisive rhetoric and action. Judging from her convention speech, one can only conclude that a Palin administration would follow a disconcertingly similar...
...special H1-B visas given to foreign workers, which allow American companies to import guest workers with highly specialized knowledge. As a result, many of these workers move to countries with more liberal immigration policies, like Canada and Australia. In these cases, America’s loss is another country??s gain.Low-skill immigrants are equally valuable to the American economy. Many work as farm laborers, hotel maids, construction workers, and gardeners, doing work that native-born Americans are overqualified for or are unwilling to do. Though racists often deride these workers as “lazy...