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...stimulate the economy. The President and his staff argue that his tax cut--plus passage of his energy plan and expanded "fast-track" authority to negotiate international trade agreements--will solve the problem. They're wary of a capital-gains rate cut, which liberal Democrats would ridicule as a sop to the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Your Father's Recession? | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...joke. It was a sop to the right wing by Reagan, a plane that was once downed in collision with a white northern pelican. It did some "dumb" - as opposed to the "smart" SGM bombs - bombing in Kosovo, and that's pretty much that plane's total service to nation. Now, hindsight is 20-20 - back then, the Cold War was hot and heavy, and maybe these planes seemed like a good idea then. But in hindsight, it's iffy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whatever Happened to Military Restructuring? | 6/28/2001 | See Source »

...Bushies complain that enviros and most Democrats haven't bothered to wait for the release of the new proposal before dismissing it as a sop to Big Oil. They incessantly lambaste the Clinton Administration for neglecting the nation's long-term energy needs. And they scoff at any critic who suggests that the White House is too close to the energy sector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Struggle | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...just sound dour. One sentence in particular - "conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy" - led to a wave of bad press and gave the administration's critics fresh ammunition to dismiss the plan as a sop to the oil, gas and coal industries. That characterization may have been an over-reaction, say critics, but why bait the enemy? Cheney's speech, says a senior administration official, "took a punch when it didn't need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rocky Rollout of Cheney's Energy Plan | 5/19/2001 | See Source »

...Bushies complain that enviros and most Democrats haven't bothered to wait for the release of the new proposal before dismissing it as a sop to Big Oil. They incessantly lambaste the Clinton Administration for neglecting the nation's long-term energy needs. And they scoff at any critic who suggests that the White House is too close to the energy sector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Struggle | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

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