Word: socialists
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...first there was some disbelief that someone could say private and health care in the same sentence in a socialist country," says Roberta Lipson, CEO of Chindex International Inc., a company based in Bethesda, Md., that operates the United Family Healthcare network of private hospitals and clinics in China...
...head of the socialist trade union ABVV-FGTB, Rudy De Leeuw, said that three-quarters of union members were taking home between $1400 and $2200 per month. "If you have to pay your heating, your electricity, your loan payments, etc, there's not much left," he said. "And we are not even talking about the pensioners, the unemployed or the handicapped...
...dared Bush to veto it. But it's easy to see why they didn't: they don't want to face a populist backlash alone. Revulsion at a Wall Street bailout has crossed ideological lines, with liberals as disgusted by handouts to irresponsible bankers as conservatives are by a socialist solution to capitalist problems. On the Hill, constituent phone calls ran 100 to 1 against the Paulson plan, and most vulnerable incumbents in both parties voted against it despite all the doom-and-gloom warnings about the devastating consequences. It's times like these that call for presidential leadership...
...drama over the last week - John McCain's theatrical but ultimately unhelpful return to Washington, the anti-Socialist rants of House Republicans, the political maneuvering by Nancy Pelosi - the deal comes as something of an anticlimax. The market had already priced in the deal all last week, ignoring the Hill's histrionics, and Paulson and Bush were always adamant they were going to get a deal. So what did all the drama actually produce...
...dream too far for the bearded, gravelly voiced President, but Lula's self-confidence is understandable: he has pulled off other unlikely feats. When he was first elected in 2002, many feared that Lula and his leftist Workers' Party would trash Brazil's emerging economy by pursuing socialist policies. Instead, Lula shrewdly embraced fiscal sobriety, strengthening Brazil's currency, the real, and reforming a bloated civil service pension system. Those policies and a windfall in commodities fueled a boom--the economy will grow 5% or more again this year, and inflation is historically low. Even his rivals acknowledge that despite...