Word: socialism
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Jean W. Galbraith '99 is a social studies concentrator in Mather House...
Reiner, 51, is author and chief promoter of one of the more ambitious pieces of social legislation ever crafted on a state level. Picking up where the U.S. Congress left off when a proposed $368 billion federal tobacco lawsuit settlement was killed in June, Prop 10 would add a 50[cent] tax to each pack of cigarettes sold in California. The money, up to $700 million a year, would be channeled into antitobacco programs and early-childhood health and education. The higher prices would result in an estimated 25% drop in smoking--and consequent savings in the state...
Polls show Prop 10 ahead 48% to 33%, with 19% undecided. If it passes, it will be another testament to the ability of an individual to affect the course of social policy in America's largest state. In 1978 Howard Jarvis transformed California's tax status with his Prop 13; last June computer magnate Ron Unz launched a successful initiative against bilingual education. Reiner is far from a dilettante. Four years ago, encouraged by Tipper Gore, he began an intensive study of child-development policy. After consulting with experts, he launched his "I Am Your Child" foundation, produced...
...Congress of the U.S. will never impeach President Clinton for the simple reason that he and his wife faithfully represent the ethical, moral and social values of mainstream America. TECWYN ROBERTS Port Coquitlam...
...Green Party worries about the ecological dangers b) the Social Democrats promised jobs to coal workers c) the country is running out of places to store nuclear waste d) Do you really want Germany to have access to nuclear material...