Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Another unspoken liability is the possibility that later on a tax will be levied on a Roth's earnings. It's hardly unthinkable, though Senator Roth maintains it'll never happen because of the "political hailstorm" that would ensue. But Social Security benefits weren't taxed before the 1980s. Real estate deductions were greatly curbed in 1986. In 20 years, predicts Robert Walsh, a tax professor at Marist College, if Social Security is bankrupt, "the politicians will see this huge pot of money called the Roth, and they won't be able to leave it alone." The Roth...
...movie proceeds, taking time to linger with complex subsidiary characters, letting us absorb the detailed richness of its imagery, contextualizing its story in a broader social history (unlike most movies, it is aware of working-class unrest and Marxist attempts to organize it early in this century), two withering ironies are drawn. The first is that the father is one of those sad souls who can express love only by tormenting the object of his affection. The other is that his rationale for bad behavior--that he's building the boy's "character"--is not entirely wrong...
...permit unequal educational opportunities. Schools will need to be open to competition and subjected to standards so that we avoid creating a two-tiered society. We also must realize, as both Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt did, that capitalism can be efficient but it can also be cold. America's social fabric is strong when it weaves together rewards for individual initiative and neighborly compassion for all members of the community. The ultimate goal of democracy and freedom, after all, is not to pursue material abundance but to nurture the dignity and values of each individual. That is the fundamental story...
...avoid severe criminal penalties, partly due to her political radicalism, partly for violating postal obscenity laws, she learned more about contraception, the politics of sexuality and the commonality of women's experience. Her case was dismissed after her return to the States. Sanger continued to push legal and social boundaries by initiating sex counseling, founding the American Birth Control League (which became, in 1942, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America) and organizing the first international population conference. Eventually her work would extend as far as Japan and India, where organizations she helped start still flourish...
Sanger led by example. Her brave and joyous life included fulfilling work, three children, two husbands, many lovers and an international network of friends and colleagues. She was charismatic and sometimes quixotic, but she never abandoned her focus on women's freedom and its larger implications for social justice (an inspiration that continues through Ellen Chesler's excellent biography, Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America). Indeed, she lived as if she and everyone else had the right to control her or his own life. By word and deed, she pioneered the most radical, humane...