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...terms as mutable an idea as “economic diversity.” While I admire and support Harvard’s current push to encourage more lower-income students to apply—and certainly hope that the university sees fit to admit fewer of the super-rich??a little recognition from the administration for families such as those I have described would be appreciated. No one needs to be reminded that there are students here whose personal allowances could easily cover their tuition, but my parents and the parents of many of my friends...
...Bomb has a much less pleasant effect. Whereas in New York, “Harvard” brings an “oh, you must be so smart,” elsewhere it often brings a raised eyebrow and an “oh, you must be so rich??—or just a raised eyebrow...
...improved tone of the debate could be a huge boon to Democrats. They have complained for years about the “live poor, vote rich?? crowd that votes for Republicans based on moral issues such as abortion even though it is contrary to their economic interests. Of the 22 percent of Americans who picked “moral values” as their top campaign issue, eighty percent voted for Bush. Without Roe, Dems could possibly entice some of these voters back into their party...
While the contenders agreed on the necessity of rolling back the portions of the Bush tax cut targeted at the rich??accusing Bush of promulgating a “tax shift” that unfairly burdens lower and middle-class Americans—they differed on the merits of retaining parts of the plan aimed at the middle-class. Kerry defended middle-class tax breaks, joined by centrists Lieberman and Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., while Gephardt and Dean assailed keeping any part of the Bush tax plan...
...final clubs are to die—as I know they will, be it in ten years or a hundred—they will have to be strangled by the community. To the poor boys—no matter how rich??who find themselves still in them, I have this well-intentioned advice: get out before it’s too late...