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Just as it was deployed to justify this attack on disadvantaged litigants' ability to use the courts effectively, the balanced budget imperative was brandished by Senate Republicans last month in order to disenfranchise poorer voters in Presidential elections. "Deficit hawks" led the charge to end public financing of presidential campaigns by branding the program an unaffordable luxury and abolishing the income tax check-off box that funds it. Having out-fundraised Democrats in soft-money contributions for the past several presidential elections, this Republican effort is blatantly self-serving...
...support" their children: "Any male who does not take care of his children is a bum and deserves no respect." Presumably, Gingrich is talking about financial support. Thus the moral of the story is: men with money (likely Republican voters) are free to move from wife to wife, but poorer men (unlikely Republican voters) are not. If some underclass man dumps a wife, he's a cause of America's festering moral crisis. But if Gingrich dumps a wife, he's--well, Speaker of the House...
Cited by John Rawls as one of the worst examples of constitutional jurisprudence in the 20th century, Buckley overturned federal limitations on campaign finance reform and permanently impaired poorer individuals' right to equal access in the political arena. As Phil Gramm and his best friend in politics, `easy money,' start gearing up for the New Hampshire primary, it's not hard to see the direction Buckley set for American politics in the late 20th century...
...club for added staff, while the pta in the same school can raise only $5,000 because it is forced to turn over 20% of its profit to disadvantaged children in other areas of Los Angeles. The pta president noted that some parents objected to turning over funds to poorer schools downtown. Obviously, these parents couldn't care less about helping provide glasses for needy youngsters who can't see the print in a textbook and medical care for still others. It's too bad the parents of the Brentwood children aren't the only self-centered people in this...
When Harvard students engage in their favorite pastime of Yale bashing, they never lack ammunition. And while the Elis make valiant but futile attempts to defend their alma mater, one thing even they acknowledge is that Harvard is safer than its younger, poorer sister...