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...truth, Obama's plan could fall somewhat short of real "universal coverage." It would exempt the smallest businesses from the requirement that they cover their workers. (The exact size of the exemption has yet to be determined, but one campaign official said it would apply to businesses employing "some number less than 15.") And while it would require coverage of children, adults could choose not to take advantage of his plan and go uninsured, even if they could afford coverage...
...Harvard, they must fill out their CUE evaluations; without them the University has no means to separate the good instructors from the bad. With this in mind, we are incredibly dismayed by the objections of many members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to allowing professors to exempt themselves from having their courses evaluated. CUE evaluations are virtually the only way that professors currently receive feedback on their teaching and administrators can have some level of oversight over instructors. It has been argued that, in doing so, professorial autonomy would be limited, but this consideration is vastly less important...
...exempt institutions like Harvard are privy to some special options when it comes to investing their money. But in light of recent discussions in the Senate, these options may soon become quite taxing. Staff members of the Senate Finance Committee met privately with experts on Monday to discuss how universities—specifically Harvard, Yale, and Stanford—avoid paying taxes on money that is invested in offshore hedge funds, according to an article in Bloomberg News. Depending on the conclusions reached, Harvard and other universities may have to change the way they invest their endowments, but no legislation...
...United States, and also major developing countries. The United States is not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, a 1997 international treaty that caps the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted from power plants and factories in industrialized countries. Currently, developing countries like China and India are exempt from its obligations...
Sarkozy, by contrast, proposes sweeping reforms, such as making every working hour after 35 tax-exempt, reducing income taxes by as much as 10 percent, and, through drastic spending reductions, reducing the national debt from 66 to 60 percent of GDP. In a reversal of roles that an American would find baffling, the so-called “right-wing” Sarkozy proposes to introduce desperately needed affirmative action programs to France (hitherto unknown in this welfare state) while the “socialist” Royal vigorously opposes them. Sarkozy’s opponents claim that his platform...