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...believe that the heart of "economic security" as a political strategy should be a drastically revised social safety net for American workers. By offering universal health insurance and government-subsidized pension reform, Washington would relieve U.S. companies of those two burdens. Also helpful would be wage insurance, which would soften the blow for laid-off workers forced to take lower-paying jobs, and a turbo-charged government effort to promote new industries (like alternative fuels) to provide high-paying jobs. These ideas would cost money and demand higher taxes, which horrifies the economic-freedom crowd. They also don't address...
...Duty and patriotism call less loudly today, though, than big paychecks and career mobility. To capture enough of Australia's best and brightest, the military must not just sharpen its image - "the army. the edge" - but soften its ways. Moves the government and defense chiefs are being urged to consider include raising adf salaries, which lag behind civilian earnings; offering free tertiary education after an agreed term of service; revising weight-for-height and age standards for recruits; making it more convenient for reservists to do their training; and making it easier for people to move back and forth between...
...RAINBOW GAMES Italy's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community hopes a second Olympics--the Torino Pride Games 2006--in March will soften people's attitudes in the socially conservative nation...
...abduction by the so-called ?Brigade of Vengeance,? it was being condemned by many senior religious and political figures. On the streets of Baghdad, too, there was nothing but criticism for the kidnappers. I suspect that the kidnappers' demand for the release of women prisoners was designed to soften that criticism and justify their holding Jill. Their message: Yes, we kidnapped a woman, but only to secure the release of other women...
...Singapore's success, there remains a feeling that it has come at a price. Lee's methods - which despite a deliberate attempt to soften the image of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) remain at the core of his successors' approach to governing - have found plenty of critics at home and abroad. The reaction of ordinary Singaporeans when questioned about politics or Lee and his family is telling. Without them quite knowing it, there is often an instinctive lowering of the voice and a glance over the shoulder. "People are still too frightened to talk about the taboo subjects...