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...humble” foreign policy, humane and fair immigration laws, and respect for the sanctity of life—whether it be life threatened by political unrest in Kenya or by inhumane practices of partial-birth abortion at home. Similarly, Huckabee’s Fair Tax proposal appeals to both populist-minded liberals and spending-hawk conservatives...
...Thankfully, all of the 2008 Democratic presidential candidates understand this problem, to varying degrees. Everyone agrees that we need universal health care, a more progressive tax system, an end to corporate welfare, fair trade, and a renewed commitment to the social safety net. But only one candidate has consistently displayed the commitment and the integrity we need to get us there, to truly fight for the American Dream: That candidate is John Edwards...
...push the transition to a cleaner, more efficient economy - the Plan B economy - Brown argues for a worldwide carbon tax to be phased in at $20 per ton each year between 2008 and 2020, topping out at $240 per ton. That might seem excessive, but Brown points out that even a carbon tax higher than $240 per ton wouldn't cover all the environmental and health costs of burning fossil fuels, from climate change to air pollution-related illnesses. And while it's difficult to imagine any politician standing up for such a tax, he reminds us that we already...
...problem. Brown's proposals are solid, but the real battle over climate change is now political, not technological, and it's one that too many environmentalists tend to discount. If you've drunk the green Kool-Aid, it can seem frustratingly obvious why we need a $240 carbon tax, or why the climate change challenge is on par with World War II, and thus demands Rosie the Riveter redux. But the true, painstaking challenge of the next few years will be building a broad political coalition that will support that level of commitment. Brown's Plan B is a great...
Such a funding crisis was just months away in 1983 when a bipartisan gang led by Senators Bob Dole and Daniel Patrick Moynihan cracked heads and persuaded Congress to move up some already planned payroll-tax hikes and shove back the full retirement age to 67 for future generations. Since then, Social Security has run a surplus. From an actuarial standpoint, this mostly solved the problem of funding the boomers' retirement. It also meant that the boomers will, as a group, put more into Social Security than they get out. (That's true of all age cohorts born since...