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...than an Oldsmobile. The only policy that will benefit all Americans, Reich writes, is for Washington to "invest" in the two assets that won't leave the country: "human capital," such as education and job training; and physical infrastructure, from roads and bridges to high-speed railroads and fiber-optic communications. Such public investments, Reich argues, will encourage both U.S. and foreign firms to create jobs in America. How would Reich finance these expensive new investments? By raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and cutting defense spending...
...Most of the preliminary design was completed a while ago...We've been in the planning stage for about two years," Holmes said. "We're now in the process of obtaining bids for fiber optic facilities...
...coming developments will take the video revolution to a new realm. Fiber-optic cable will bring hundreds, even thousands, of channels into the home. And interactive computer technology will give formerly passive viewers almost total control over what they see, when they see it and what they do with it. People will be able to call up on their screen virtually everything the culture produces, from the latest Hollywood movie to lessons in chess, from an old episode of The Twilight Zone to this morning's newspaper, custom- edited for individual readers...
...Dean checks the armbands on the biceps of his nursery school wards. Each monitor is composed of tiny optic sensors that measure the levels of thousands of different fats, proteins, carbohydrates and other molecules in the capillaries just under the skin. Then the devices transmit all this information to the central computer screen at the front of the room. The pediatrician can discern at a glance whether his charges are exhibiting optimal health...
...heart of Clinton's plan calls for an $80 billion four-year public-works project to rebuild roads and bridges and create a national fiber-optic information network to enhance learning and to link homes, schools and offices. Clinton also wants a national education and retraining program, financed by a 1.5% payroll tax, for all employees from the mail room to the executive suite. Bush rejects the very idea of public-works projects but has belatedly called for a $10 billion four-year worker-retraining program...