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...crowded battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, two contenders have renounced public campaign funding this month. Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean and Senator John F. Kerry, D-Mass., recently revealed their intentions to forgo public matching funds, wisely recognizing that to beat President Bush in the general election requires spending more than $45 million before the end of July. Public funding provides only $18.7 million at most and requires that candidates limit their spending to $45 million until after the July 31 convention. But the primary race will be decided months earlier, and the Democratic nominee will need further funds...
...while we’re at it you could blame the woeful kicking game that forces the Crimson to go for it on fourth down because field goal “range” is an unknown concept. This is the same kicking game that often leads Harvard to forgo extra-point attempts for two-point conversions—which it’s not so effective at either...
While most of the American political universe spent the week focused on Howard Dean?s ill-advised comments on guys in pickups with confederate flags - Dean was making one of the most pivotal decisions of his run for the White House: He has decided to forgo federal matching funds and the spending limits that come with them. Dean knows his fundraising efforts, which have raised well over $25 million so far, can raise much more than the $45 million he?d be limited to spending between now and next summer?s convention. Since President Bush has already opted...
...credits for tuition-paying families and incentives for colleges to provide generous financial aid will ultimately be more effective at making college affordable for low and middle-income Americans. McKeon may believe that his plan would help students, but it would merely force schools to choose whether to forgo federal aid or tuition revenue. Either way, colleges would have to cut back—in services, academic programs or financial aid—and students would lose...
...enjoy every week. You’ll have the possibility of enjoying 75 percent of your life, rather than 25 percent. Personally, I would pay for those 80 extra hours. You could look at passing up Wall Street as taking a pay cut of $45,000 (assuming I forgo consulting or I-banking for a $20,000 job as an assistant to a filmmaker). I actually look at it as paying that $45,000 for the privilege not to spend 80 hours a week in a job I hate. This may be the easiest cost-benefit analysis...