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...ripples were small at the time, but what was started could not be undone. By 1996, thanks to lobbying by conservative groups like the American Family Association and the new Republican Congress’s mantra of “fiscal responsibility,” the NEA saw its budget slashed by almost 40 percent. Individual artist grants were gone, as was general funding to arts organizations. Ultraconservatives won. Welcome...
...beyond, we need to continue to innovate and define ourselves in terms of America in the 21st century. We have gay marriage in three states, alternative fuels are now a necessity—not an innovation, and more Americans are finding themselves turned off by the mantra of the Bush doctrine. In order for conservatism to win at Harvard, let alone America, we need to be better spokespersons for our movement and our party and the campus conservative movement has been doing exactly that...
...other major cluster of cases and initiatives are post-9/11 issues. We immediately started what has been our mantra since then: safe and free. We knew this would be seen as an inevitable trade-off; we'd have to choose [between them], and freedoms would be the sacrificial lamb, so to speak, if we were going to have national security and fight terrorism...
Once upon a time, the Mantra was, Get a job, maybe two, and save. Building a cash reserve was required to obtain decent credit. One's work and savings history became one's credit rating. Why should we bail out lenders unless they can perform reasonable risk assessments? Lenders once insisted that consumers demonstrate a responsible financial history before lending. What has happened to this commonsense approach? Susan Staudt, WAUKESHA...
Magliozzi lives by the mantra “learn to teach, teach to learn,” and hopes students will follow his lead. He continues, “Teach the world and learn better.” Or at least cheaper...