Word: demanding
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...Montana state Senate caved in to popular demand today when it overturned a provision of a sex-offender bill that would have required people convicted of homosexual acts to register with police. The voice vote to ax the provision without debate came after the state Legislature was flooded with complaints telephoned in by angry constituents who opposed the legislation. The bill initially was approved by the Senate Wednesday in a 41-8 vote, although both sides conceded it probably would have no effect. A Montana law that outlaws homosexual sex between consenting adults has never been enforced. The bill drew...
...same time, students have the right to elect these members. If they do not choose to exercise those rights and demand quality representatives, they have nothing but their own apathy to blame...
...higher education plays an increasingly important role in the determination of incomes and livelihood. Human capital can be defined as the skills and technical knowledge workers possess. It is analogous to physical capital in that it is a complement to labor productivity and (by extenion) a complement to labor demand. It is also analogous to physical capital in that it represents the outcome of an investment: a costly expenditure in which benefits are spread out over a long period of time...
...enhance the quality to jobs by stimulating an increase in physical and financial investment. The argument is that by effectively making capital cheaper (or more valuable, depending on your perspective) the government will stimulate more capital formation and greater research and development. Subsequently, the short-term and long-term demand for labor will increase...
...most direct approach to job stimulation. There are two basic aspects to the problem of job-stimulation. The first is the reluctance of the private sector (for many reasons stemming from strong competitive pressures, excessive regulation, etc.) to increase its use of labor relative to its historical demand for labor. The GOP proposes to address this aspect of the jobs problem through the mechanism of the capital gains...