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...comparison to schools, Harvard is behind in roaming ethernet technology, a delay caused by security concerns, according to Steen...
...Delay in EITC payments would mean cuts for working poor
...sense, the proposal's only virtue is its biggest liability: it doesn't reduce the tax credit, but only delays the payment until next year--the problem of being over budget still isn't solved. Regardless of the problems it will cause for next year's budget, the proposal also has the immediate disadvantage of forcing the working poor to wait months for tax refunds that they have earned. The money from the EITC is often used to pay down debts or saved to generate interest, and to the working poor, if not to the government, a delay does mean...
...move generates a meager political benefit at a substantial public cost. White House officials have called it "a forced interest-free loan to the Government." Some Republicans in Congress have also objected, and Texas Gov. George W. Bush has opposed the delay, saying that it would be wrong for Congress to "balance their budget on the backs of the poor...
...saddening that the Republicans would look to delay tax credits which support people in the workforce and which have consistently been shown to encourage work rather than welfare. It is more saddening that this move would come at the same time that other money is being spent for wealthier, more powerful constituencies: Senate majority leader Trent Lott is currently attempting to secure $500 million for an extra aircraft carrier to be built in his home state of Mississippi, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) has just passed an amendment to save the oil industry $66 million a year...