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Since then, thanks to tax changes proposed and signed into law by President Bush, this impoverished yet fortunate class has only grown--to 45.6 million households, or one-third of all income tax filers, according to the Tax Foundation, a right-leaning think tank with a reputation for getting its numbers right. If the various tax cuts and credits Barack Obama has proposed on the campaign trail are enacted, the group estimates, that figure will rise to 63 million, while John McCain's tax plans would bring the tally to 62 million. Either way, more than 40% of the population...
...created her own collection for the student design program of last year’s Identities Fashion Show. So, it comes as no surprise that this senior is calm and collected with only five hours to go until her design hits the runway. In fact, wearing a zebra print tank top, white blazer, and dark jeans tucked into her black knee high leather boots, Dang’s biggest hurdle came not from lack of time or experience. Instead, it came upon receiving her inspirational alum Cotton Mather, class of 1678. Dang says her initial reaction was an incredulous...
...language of photo-op culture, considering the extent to which she is immersed in it—considering that she is, perhaps, the culmination of it. The purpose of a photo-op is to present an image that expresses a certain message about the candidate. Michael Dukakis riding the tank was supposed to show that he was a manly man for the military, not just a liberal Massachusetts sissy. George W. Bush’s frequent photographs in a cowboy hat tapped into the US’s cultural myth of the cowboy as a hero, as resourceful, as protecting...
Well, it turns out that job hunting - by job seekers and recruiters - is one of LinkedIn's main revenue streams, accounting for about 30% of its take. That's a good business these days as the economy sinks deeper into the tank and more people turn to their social networks to find jobs. In fact, job searches on LinkedIn increased 19% from August to September alone, a company spokesman told me. With unemployment expected to reach double digits next year, you can expect those numbers to continue their sorry increase...
...Wassup Dude #2, calling from a slightly inexplicable battlefield payphone, is "Still in Iraq. Watchin' my ass." Their uninsured buddy has an arm cast and neck brace and needs "money for painkillers." A four-eyed Dookie, still in front of the computer, is watching his stock portfolio tank; Intercom Guy, who shows up at the end of the first commercial with a six-pack of Budweiser, is clinging to the doorway in the teeth of a violent hurricane...