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...Global Competitiveness Report, published by the World Economic Forum, states that the top three obstacles to doing business in the United States are high tax rates, stringent tax regulations, and government bureaucracy. Even France does (relatively) better in these areas, according to local businessmen who responded to the survey. The clear conclusion is this: The American government has only been impeded by a tax code too Byzantine and a collection process too demanding for efficiency or global viability...
...powerful continental politicians like French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi disagree, and wish the unified monetary authority would pursue less stringent policies. They would rather have the ECB lower interest rates and increase monetary supply to sustain growth, especially in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis. Although these politicians worry about short-term political costs, the policies of the ECB are necessary for continued price stability and long-term growth...
After meeting stringent admissions standards, the lucky crop of admits faces a difficult choice—studying in Baker Library next year or spending time in other fields before coming to Cambridge...
...dormitory full of potential gun-owners is entirely another. The knowledge that a disturbed classmate or a creepy professor may have a gun in his or her desk would completely contort relationships—everything would be tinged with a faint hint of menace and paranoia. Although the stringent criteria for gun ownership are supposed to weed out the irresponsible or deranged, we must remember that Seung-Hui Cho obtained his handgun in a perfectly legal manner...
...outside of Cuba not to expect a free-market economy on the island any time soon. And while Raul has encouraged debate about Cuba's socialist system, most analysts agree that he's pursuing a China-style model that opens Cuba's economy but does not liberalize Havana's stringent politics. Perhaps he knows that if he attempted the latter, he'd have to read even harsher op-eds by his brother...