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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remain so for 20 years or so until the baby-boom retirement hits us full-force.) The fight is over that last trillion (give or take a few hundred billion). Republicans want to give $792 billion of it back to the people, and Clinton wants to spend a nearly equal portion -- $750 billion, by some calculations -- on defense, on education, on new Medicare benefits like prescription-drug coverage. He?s willing to cut taxes a little, and Republicans are willing to spend a little, but that?s essentially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I could use the money. So could you. Why a big tax cut still isn't such a great idea | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...citizens whose Form 1040s gave rise to it and who now deserve their money back--to do with as they see fit. As a Wall Street Journal editorial-page headline framed the issue last week, WHOSE SURPLUS IS IT, ANYWAY? Indeed, Americans now pay an amount in taxes equal to 20.7% of gdp, a post-World War II high that is up from just over 18% 10 years ago. Nor are many economists bummed by the fact that most of the benefits that would flow from the G.O.P. cuts would accrue to upper-bracket taxpayers, since they have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Tax Cut? | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...their websites and get valuable personal information from the recipients. Web-WorksMarketing.com said its free stock was worth $38.40 a share, which beats the company's gross revenues of $26. Likewise, American Space Corp. distributed shares, although it had no offices, employees or contracts. The investing lesson? Free could equal worthless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Money: Aug. 2, 1999 | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...English-speaking world, This is My Truth Now Tell Me Yours has finally appeared on these shores almost a year after its initial release. Hailing from Wales, the Manics have only grown stronger since the tragic disappearance of original lyricist Richey James, and This is My Truth, in equal parts political and passionate, picks up where the previous Everything Must Go left off. As you might expect from an album whose first single is called "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next," it's a dour piece. The wrenching anguish in James Bradfield's voice combines with Nicky...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pretentious Perfection | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

...change of heart in my steadfast commitment to carry on the fight. Also, it is important to note that anti-affirmative-action initiatives for higher education have won in only two states; that can hardly be called a victory. I plan to continue to work for equal opportunity through affirmative action. RENE REDWOOD Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 26, 1999 | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

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