Word: reformer
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...federal reform bill of 1996 limits recipients of Transitional Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC) to 24 months on aid out of every 60-month period. In Massachusetts, these limits went into effect in December 1996 and last December, the first round of recipients lost their benefits...
...Even though the rolls may be down, it appears as though more job training, employment opportunities and support services are needed to genuinely assist people into the working world," says Pamela A. Thomure, a Cambridge attorney who helped lead the City of Cambridge Welfare Reform Task Force...
There's no doubt that reform is needed. In September the Swiss senate granted the I.O.C. a tax abatement worth $1.5 million for "public service to Switzerland"--a country seeking the 2006 Winter Olympics for its mountain resort Sion. The lower house of parliament has yet to approve the windfall, but it may heed Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger, who persuaded reluctant senators to approve the tax break even if it meant "holding their noses...
...common misconception is that taxes are going down. Sorry, it just isn't so. True, some tax rates have fallen. And tax reform last year gave us tax credits for education and tax deductions for long-term savings. But new targeted breaks total maybe $20 billion, which pales next to Americans' annual tax burden of nearly $3 trillion. In 1998 it took the combined incomes of everybody in the U.S. through May 10 to pay all taxes owed for the year--the latest "tax freedom" day ever, says the Tax Foundation, which figures the date will be even later this...
Accept your limitations. A lot of us get hung up on the idea that we have to reform perfectly or not at all. We floss our teeth twice a day every day for a week, then we forget one morning and give up trying for the rest of the year. Let's face it. You're going to suffer setbacks. Be honest with yourself about why they happened, then pick up the pieces and move...