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SOLUTION NO. 1 for ending corporate welfare at the state and local level: the levying of a federal excise tax on incentives. Under this proposal, Congress would enact a law imposing a tax equal to the value of the economic incentives granted to a company. In other words, if New York City and State governments were to give $600 million to the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Government would hit the stock exchange with a $600 million federal tax. Hence no more value to economic incentives. No more bidding wars among governments...
...Amidst the apocalyptic clamor surrounding the millennium, this six-week series represents a modest attempt to slow the pace of celebration and anxiety," said Ann Pellegrini '86, assistant professor of English. "En route to the 21st century, we ask how women and gender might help us to think and enact the future with a feminist critical difference...
Fortunately, many wise and courageous people have forced the popularly elected government to enact and enforce special laws to protect these people from the aggression and hatred of other people. Even though they were small in number, I do not think those who forced the passage of Civil Rights legislation in the 1960s could possibly be considered "elitist." Finally, sometimes local juries do not enforce the same standards of justice for all people equally (I have heard of this happening before as well), so sometimes the federal government needs to get involved. MICHAEL V. WILCOX Oct. 14, 1998 The writer...
...White House and congressional negotiators have until midnight Wednesday to resolve their differences before Congress is forced to enact a fourth temporary spending bill. The election-eve Republican caution evident in the budget fight also appears to be weighing on Judiciary Committee chairman Henry Hyde. Hyde told the Washington Post Tuesday that the 15 charges against Clinton should be pared down in order to meet a New Year deadline for the impeachment investigation. "We need to think about narrowing the charges down to the ones that are the most provable," said Hyde. So the question becomes, which Clinton will those...
...campus is becoming a safe reserve for animals because they are not being hunted here, Alpert said, noting that as Cambridge and Boston enact plans to clean up the Charles River, students and residents alike can expect to see even more wildlife because of the increased food supply...