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...teacher and mother of a Marine, I read with equal interest about NCLB and "One Day in Iraq." It is ironic that I will lose my job if I fail to meet President George W. Bush's NCLB benchmarks for progress in my class, yet his Administration squanders our tax dollars and children's lives and tells us we have no right to expect accountability and progress with its protracted war in Iraq...
...veterinary hospital, found out by reading a letter to the editor in her local newspaper. Pamela Goodwin, a labor-relations expert at General Motors, happened to see a computer printout. Stephanie Odle, an assistant manager at a Sam's Club store, was slipped a co-worker's tax form...
...Reeves] has simply tried to find a fall guy to pin his troubles on. I deeply resent the accusations toward me, and I deeply resent that my tax dollars are being used by his staff to point figures at me,” says Winters, who lost his bid for a council seat in four 1990s elections. “If anything, Ken Reeves is trying to portray himself as somehow the victim of the campaign of a local newspaper. If he can successfully convey this mistruth to others, it only helps him politically...
Many economists and environmentalists prefer a straightforward tax on carbon emissions, with proceeds going to fund research and development of alternative energy. It's much simpler--but economists don't run for re-election. House Democrats with long memories recall the whipping they took for backing a similar tax in the Clinton era. The so-called BTU tax was one reason the party lost control of Congress in 1994, and they don't intend to repeat the experience. As Dingell dryly noted in a recent speech, "Many members of Congress remember only too clearly the letters...
...president, what would you do to help combat poverty? -Brandon Harrison, Los AngelesI would move for an elimination of the tax code, to move from an income tax to a consumption tax. If we could do that, you would see an explosion of job opportunities and economic growth that would probably be unmatched in this nation's history...