Word: strengthened
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...down the line. "A constitution is only a foundation," says Carlos Alarcon, a constitutional lawyer and Vice Minister of Justice under former President Carlos Mesa. There is likely to be debate about any new legislation based on the language of the new charter. "Bolivia is going to have to strengthen its institutions - both state and judicial - if this new constitution and the new laws are going be implemented...
...added that the committee aims to strengthen existing policies and consider other steps to ensure fair industry-related practices...
...many suggested changes in economic policy: "...create a true progressive tax system by reducing rates on those earning under $200,000 and raising top rates on the fortunate few back at least to 38 percent, as in the 1990s when the economy was steaming ahead...strengthen unions - one of the few mechanisms able to improve real income for workers - by enacting the Employee Free Choice Act...Is all this just 'class warfare,' according to the rhetoric of conservatism? Answers Warren Buffett, now the wealthiest American: 'It's class warfare only because my class started it and is winning...
...some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet...
...instead of a slingshot - while Israel sees Hamas as killers who hide behind their civilians and who are willing to sacrifice them for propaganda triumphs. But if Israel insists on imposing the same punitive sanctions it kept on Gaza's 1.5 million people before this war, it will only strengthen Hamas and fan the Palestinians' hatred toward Israel...