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...foot of the stairs to the Adams House basement, a sardonic greeting scrawled in paint across the door frame greets residents: “Welcome, members of the ruling elite. View the amusements of the idle rich?...
...endangered legal services for the poor. In his dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia called the IOLTA program a “Robin Hood taking”—“taking from the rich to give to indigent defendants.” But since the “rich?? experience no loss, Scalia’s accusation is baseless. What Fried proposed the court do—take from the poor to protect an overly-narrow definition of property—would be far worse...
...first perogative in tax cuts easing the burden of the rich is not the most effective way to aid citizens who are in dire need of economic relief. Ironically, putting money in the hands of the poorest Americans—who would spent it more quickly than the rich??would do more to boost demand and increase job growth, the President’s proclaimed goal...
...plan. Under the guise of an economic stimulus to help all Americans, more than $300 billion will go to the wealthiest 5 percent. The administration’s latest tax proposal is exactly the wrong kind—more permanent tax cuts for the rich??at exactly the wrong time, when America is facing short- and long-term budget crises. The Democrats in the Senate should do their utmost, filibustering if necessary, to prevent the plan from becoming...
...that he sometimes tries to be too profound. “The guy has never said anything worthwhile,” says Mel K. Thaker ’03, one of Halvorson’s best friends who considers it his place to keep Halvorson grounded. “Rich??s love for God is almost as deep as his love for himself,” he adds jokingly...