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Nearly 3.5 million Americans could be directly affected by a bill that would raise the minimum wage nearly 40%, to $4.65 an hour, by 1990. Supporters note that the minimum has been $3.35 since 1981. Opponents argue that such a law would discourage firms from hiring unskilled young workers...
...critics note that minority firms have consistently had difficulties in weaning themselves from the set-aside programs and competing for traditional federal contracts. A recent survey of firms graduating from the SBA program, conducted by the Senate Committee on Small Business, found that nearly 30% had most likely gone out of business and an additional 22% said they were facing financial troubles. That suggests that fewer than half the firms had weathered the transition to a competitive environment...
...dream that her husband might again run for President and win. Daughter Amy, then 12, announced that she did not want to live in Plains, Ga. "You may be from the country," she said. "But I'm not." (She went to boarding school instead.) On a lighter note, the Carters write that one of the "positive things about losing the election" was that they were able to let Ronald Reagan "inherit Menachem Begin and Sam Donaldson...
Though many Jews outside Israel endorse the occupation, others fear it might eventually harm Israel's standing in the West. Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun, a liberal American Jewish magazine, is among those who note that much U.S. support for Israel is based on the perception that the country embodies the best of American moral values. "The long-term survival of the state of Israel dictates that it cease to occupy the West Bank," says Lerner. Otherwise, he warns, "the view of Israel as a moral country will be dramatically undermined in the years ahead...
Someone should note the similarity between the Iran-contra affair and the American War of Independence. In 1776, Louis XVI of France, in defiance of his ministers, authorized secret aid to the beleaguered colonies and solicited 1 million livres from the Spanish government for arms with the guarantee that the King of Spain would not be implicated. Without this aid, the war would have been lost...