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...pundit Larry Kudlow has called it, is not the only reason Congress has suddenly developed an interest in the subject. Nobody proposes touching Schwarzman's big founder's stake, which slipped below $8 billion within days as Blackstone's stock price dropped. At issue instead is the mere $398 million he made as CEO last year, much of it in carried interest on Blackstone's investments. And the manner in which carried interest is taxed is enough to make even a megamillionaire corporate CEO envious...
...beyond identifying preservation-worthy specimens in various parts of the country, then cheerleading for them, there isn't much a mere trust can do. Only a handful of houses from any period ever gain legal protection as historic sites, though some states offer tax breaks to offset the cost of their maintenance. "What we're trying to do," says Richard Moe, National Trust president, "is encourage appreciation for the best of Modernism, which is now coming of age historically...
Equipped with a government internship, a new grey suit, and $30 a week for groceries, my enthusiasm faltered as I did the math for the first time. Subtracting the cost of the occasional, obligatory lunch with colleagues or friends, the grocery budget was closer to $21, a mere dollar per meal...
...public school's students qualified for free or reduced-price meals, according to Walt Sherlin, the assistant school superintendent who implemented the plan. Today, student performance is way up - the plan's main objective - while the schools are still diverse. But Sherlin says diversity is a mere coincidence: black and Latino students are almost 10 times more likely than whites to qualify for free meals, meaning racial integration is a byproduct of economic integration...
...those bills, Congress plans to appropriate about $22 billion more than the $933 billion that Bush submitted in his budget for fiscal year 2008 (itself a $60 billion increase over FY 2007). That $22 billion overage - a mere 2.4% of the President's proposed budget - is the basis on which the President and his advisors plan their vetoes. Furthermore, says James Horney, director of federal fiscal policy at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, the number in dispute is actually closer to $5 billion, since Bush's budget request cuts over $16 billion from current domestic programs. "Clearly, from...