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...Pique Leading Republican politicians reacted angrily after the country lost its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission. "It is an affront to the whole notion of human rights," said Dick Armey, majority leader of the House of Representatives. Their ire increased when the U.S. lost its seat on another important committee, the 13-member International Narcotics Control Board. The House voted to withhold payment of $244 million in back dues the U.S. owes to the U.N. unless the country is reinstated to the human rights panel when seats are next contested...
...Anti-tax ire over the past decade has led the IRS to shift its focus from enforcing the tax laws to doing so with a high level of customer service. While we have no objection to good service, at the same time the IRS has had its staff reduced by more than one-sixth since 1992 as the economy and population have grown. As a result, it has essentially halted pursuit of more than 1 million tax evaders and has greatly reduced other forms of enforcement...
Thursday, one day after the Bush administration announced plans to phase out salmonella testing for ground beef bound for school lunch programs, the administration backtracked in the face of rising consumer ire. Officials now insist they will keep the vigilant - or excessive, according to the beef industry - screening processes implemented in the final year of the Clinton administration. And while consumer groups chalked up this victory, they are well aware of new battles on the horizon, including the looming possibility of irradiating truckloads of meat rather than inspecting every piece...
This year, Kramer's ire seems to have cooled...
...even with this kind of ammunition, adds Gritta, the unions, many of which are demanding large pay and benefit packages, shouldn't assume they're immune from public ire. "The unions know they've got the management in a very tough place. But the unions could risk a certain backlash from the public - if they start staging strikes, the public could say, 'Hey, these unions are keeping us from our vacations.'" If all else fails, fed-up airline customers should hope for an election-year meltdown on the tarmac: Even the most incensed public interest group would pale, of course...