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...course, the only thing worse than copping the sincere attitude (and in the case of U2 I don't doubt it started out sincere and was eventually co-opted by the forces of commerce) is having an attitude. Enough with Sting's image as the politically correct artiste extraordinare who can rock out with the boys, jam with Black jazz musicians, do the classical thespian thing, father a host of love children and be just the eccentric country gentleman donating his time and energy to worthy causes. I mean, aren't we bohemian? Gimme a break...
Here are four. They should be enacted as a package. Together they'd raise $40 billion in taxes, cutting the deficit by nearly a third. The lower interest rates that would probably result would cut the deficit still further -- and keep the economy rolling to take some of the sting out of the tax hikes...
...just as we tax 100% of unemployment-insurance benefits and 100% of almost any other kind of income) is rough. But under the circumstances, it's sensible and fair. To a retiree earning $25,000 or $50,000 or $100,000 from investments, the extra tax would sting, but it wouldn't bite. And it too would raise about $5 billion in new revenue. Congressman Claude Pepper and the mighty American Association of Retired Persons should resist the urge to fight this if they really want to do right by their constituents -- and their constituents' grandchildren...
Intangibles: The sting of Harvard's 14-10 victory in last year's Game, which denied the Elis the Ivy title, is still strong. Wouldn't it be great to stick the Harvardians on their own turf? The Elis, too, have suffered through a disappointing season. A victory in The Game would ease the pain...
...sting was called Operation Psittacine, from the Latin name of the brightly plumed contraband. Last week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that 36 people in six states would be indicted on felony charges for their role in smuggling rare and endangered parrots into the U.S. from Mexico and other Latin American countries. In a two-year undercover probe, the agency seized dozens of exotic parrots worth some $468,000. Such birds, which can be picked up for as little as $100 apiece along the Mexican border, fetch dear prices in U.S. pet stores: $4,500 for a scarlet...