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Bradley also called for reform of the IRS “990” form, on which all non-profits must now disclose basic information about their financial operations...
Greenspan's most jarring rant was his call for Social Security reform. He wants to cut future payouts and delay the age at which people can collect. He would shrink future checks by indexing annual adjustments to an inflation gauge that runs a half point below the Consumer Price Index now used. He didn't offer a new retirement age, but 70 is a nice round number...
...biggest problem for Nader’s campaign is not its tiny war chest. Over the last three and a half years, Nader dug his own grave by saying little as the Bush administration pursued a far-right agenda. Once an outspoken advocate of reform and a significant public figure in the world of American politics, Nader has all but disappeared in the years since the 2000 election. The last four years have seen monumental changes in foreign and domestic policy, but through it all, the man who claims his campaign is based on outrage at the direction the current...
...Appearing surprisingly jolly after having been washed away from Iranian parliamentary politics, Mohammad Reza Khatami, the head of Iran's biggest reformist party - the Participation Front (IIPF) - and brother of the reformist president, believes whoever is in power now, will have to continue reforms. "They might have temporarily paralyzed our movement by barring us from running," he says in the IIPF headquarters that were shut down by the hardline judiciary for a day before elections, "but the process of reform will continue in Iran. It can no longer be stopped...
...closure of two main reformist newspapers the day before Elections fueled fears among some reform activists of a new era of repression. Others believe the conservatives will want to win people's trust by not cracking down too hard. Most simply don't know what to expect...