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...their fate. They can even point to gains achieved after "liberation." The Communist regimes have all but conquered illiteracy, which stood at 40% in Hungary before the war and even higher in Rumania. They guarantee their citizens a free education, a job, free health care and an old-age pension. Says Hungarian Dissident Writer Gyorgy Konrad: "Peasants who used to go barefoot and hungry now drive cars and own homes...
...protesters nip after Schwarzenegger because he has proposed four dramatic reforms that may be voted on in a special election next fall if he can't get action in the legislature. The four initiatives would cap spending, make the public employees' pension system less expensive, introduce merit pay for teachers and offer tenure only after 10 years of service, and create an independent panel of judges to draw legislative districts. These are the sort of good-government ideas that political scientists-and wonky columnists-love but that politicians avoid because they arouse fanatic opposition from entrenched interests and inspire massive...
...founded in 1974 to manage the endowment, pension assets, working capital, and deferred giving accounts of the University. The size of the endowment alone represents a substantial amount of influence in public policy and social responsibility. In January 2005, Jack R. Meyer announced his plans to resign as president of HMC, indicating that there will be a vacancy in one of the most powerful positions at Harvard. As members of the Harvard community, it is our responsibility to pay attention to who is selecting Meyer’s successor. James F. Rothenberg, treasurer of the University and chairman...
Collins said some bankers and pension fund managers have criticized the vagueness of her bill, which does not name specific companies...
...They might make it an anti-bank, an anti-pension, or an anti-financial well-being argument,” she said...