Word: egalitarian
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...market forces have deprived them of services from banks to buses. A large minority of Australians, especially in those rugged rural communities that are so much a part of Australia's self-image but a dwindling proportion of its population, have not been getting a "fair go." With egalitarian notions in retreat, a large minority has suffered even as the economy at large has prospered...
...since former President Ronald W. Reagan has had the courage to openly make this argument the centerpiece of an economic agenda. It doesn't sit well with our egalitarian sensibilities. But it's true: those citizens whose incomes place them above the lowest marginal tax bracket are doubly penalized. First, they pay a greater amount than low-income Americans simply because they earn more money. This disparity would be true even under a flat tax. But we do not have a flat tax, and therein lies the second penalty. The financially fortunate pay a higher percentage on each dollar above...
...tying the knot--at least in Australia. A study at the University of Queensland found that married couples use a more traditional division of labor, with the woman doing the housework and the man taking on the more manly outdoor tasks. Cohabiting couples, however, tend to have a more egalitarian and liberal arrangement, and many of those patterns carry over into the marriage...
Here is a choice between an apparently amiable fellow who talks about bringing people together and a man with 24 years' experience in national government and international affairs who is extraordinarily competent, clear-headed, fair-minded, egalitarian to the bones; who will enact policies that retain and make the best use of our astonishing prosperity; and who is--as I know personally--big-hearted, honest, loyal, devoted to his wife, children and friends and (does one really need to say this?) likable...
Cheney, for his part, offered a response no more encouraging. Praised by some for conceding that gay rights could be "regulated by the states," he carved a position for the federal government that is at best ambivalent towards equality for homosexuals and, at worst, antagonistic to any egalitarian-minded legislation. Indeed, while Cheney's position, on one hand, empowers states to equalize the legal status of homosexuals and heterosexuals, on the other hand it gives the federal government an excuse to be apathetic with regard to states who fail to take such progressive steps, or, in a worse scenario, chose...