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...government, businesses, health care providers, and individuals to share responsibility. During debate on the bill, thousands of people, from union workers to senior citizens, held rallies and meetings in support of broad reform. I can tell you firsthand that the resulting legislation reflected their input. By contrast, the federal government??s reform of Medicare prescription drug coverage in 2003 was far removed from those whom it actually affected...
Despite its high visibility, the federal government??s purported power to solve these problems is little more than an illusion. It is state and local actions that touch the daily lives of our citizens. This is the place where true change can happen. This is also where the influence of citizens is felt most directly, and it is where we most need their energy and input...
...mullahs, the religious people, were going to take over.” In late 1979, when Carter ordered Iranian students to report to U.S. immigration officials to verify their status, approximately half of the Iranian students at Harvard and MIT signed an open letter refusing to comply.Protesting the government??s “selective harassment,” the students wrote in the letter—which was published in The Crimson—that “the imminent deportation proceedings...represent a classic case of bending the legal system to suit the prevailing political mood...
...also served on committees to determine the government??s policies in a wide range of fields. Meteorology and atmospheric science have been a major focus of these projects, including a report he helped produce called Fair Weather, describing the policy issues raised by the tensions between private weather services. He also advised the government to build a new version of the deep-sea submarine, Alvin, that discovered the wreck of the Titanic, and has helped formulate the direction of America’s future in space...
...place the penalties for those convicted while in college (although Harvard College officials confirmed this week that students who lose financial aid under the AEP will receive comparable aid from the College). The withdrawal of federal aid for college drug offenders rests on arbitrary criteria and speaks to the government??s misguided approach to the entire “War on Drugs.” Millions of students cannot afford to attend college without the help of federal financial aid. The AEP affects these students most profoundly, as those in lower socioeconomic groups are both more dependent...