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Here is more evidence that as the world gets smaller, our horizons expand. Lulu Wang was born and raised in Beijing, moved to Holland 15 years ago and wrote her first novel, The Lily Theater, in Dutch...
...Plan Gore would strengthen the current Medicare program, putting aside $435 billion to keep it solvent--most of it in a "lockbox" outside the federal budget. And he would expand the program by adding a universal Rx drug benefit for all seniors. He also would allow people from ages 55 to 65 to buy into Medicare with the help of a tax credit...
...package really fear is that it may drag Washington into the quagmire of the ongoing civil war. After all, the guerrillas and their supporters may be tempted to retaliate for Washington's involvement by directly attacking U.S. personnel, which would tend to prompt the Pentagon to expand its commitment. And the human rights record of the Colombian military Washington is currently re-equipping and training certainly won't win any prizes - many of its officers have been widely reported to be working hand in glove with the paramilitary groups responsible for a number of massacres of civilians...
...child in day care (a tax credit of up to $2,160), another in college (a credit of up to $2,800), a sick mother in a nursing home (a $3,000 credit) and a retirement-savings plan (a federal match of up to $2,000). Gore would also expand the earned-income tax credit, a subsidy for people earning too little to be taxed, and eliminate the marriage-tax penalty for some couples. For the most part, nobody earning more than $100,000 a year would see relief from his proposals...
...think we can move people immediately," says a top adviser. "We need to build momentum and interest by getting the easiest picks first, draw in the downscale voters, then get the upscale voters to take a second look, talk about investment in education, talk about the role of government, expand the conversation. We're not conceding the upscale voters to Bush: we're just going for them later...