Word: mr
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ARTS MUSIC: The king of bhangra CINEMA: A reluctant rush BOOKS: Tim takes a tumble Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell...
...hurricane victims—Senator Kerry had a manicure. You heard that right, America: while our heroic 9/11 Commander-in-Chief directed the full force of the federal government to help displaced homeowners and small-businesspeople (thank God we’re a swing state, the Floridians must think), Mr. Metrosexual—fresh from a swanky fundraiser—got his cuticles clipped...
...sought out stand-up’s rising stars like Nick Swardson (asking price: $7500) or Jim Gaffigan (asking price: $6500). Who’s Jim Gaffigan? Try this for a pitch: the “meow” scene in Super Troopers—he’s Mr. Larry Johnson sitting in the driver’s seat. Now that lends itself to some good marketing...
...percent increase in payroll taxes to maintain retirees’ benefits while younger workers established personal accounts. (Maintaining benefits under the current system would likely require a much bigger hike.) Thoughtful economists have also recommended partial redistribution among the personal accounts to shield individuals from heavy investment losses. Mr. Bush’s plan, in contrast, is unfunded and dispenses with the core principle of social insurance...
...their education or start a small business, because they don’t have any collateral. No amount of tax credits is going to help them out of this poverty trap—high taxes are not holding low-income families back. But this point is apparently lost on Mr. Bush, who was born with enough money, connections and incompetence to run several oil companies into the ground...