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...learned massage in Beijing, one of the few subjects those without sight in China are allowed to study. But Chen was fascinated by law and while in Beijing sat in on several university law courses. Returning to Linyi, he became a legal activist, advising peasants on land and tax disputes. In March, a stream of distraught peasants complained to him of forced sterilizations and the detentions of family members. Chen, 34, had heard about the campaign; many people in his village, he told TIME, had been imprisoned at one time or another for defying the sterilization order...
...protect the surplus at all costs, worrying about rising oil prices, a strong dollar and a scary current account deficit. But Brash is feeding the instinct for immediate gratification, although he is using the language of incentive, hard work and aspiration to sell it. National is promising large tax cuts across the board, with a plan that would see 85% of taxpayers charged a marginal rate of 19? in the dollar or less. Despite the output and jobs growth, real earnings have remained flat for the past five years. It's opened up a 30% income gap between Australia...
...Cullen questions National's commitment to improving the lives of the poor and whether it will be able to afford the increased costs that are inevitable if Treaty claims are to be settled by 2010 without reneging on its tax cuts or blowing the Budget. Cullen believes Labour is well on track, with its "little bit of stick, a lot of carrot" approach moving people off unemployment and sickness benefits. Brash says that's not enough. At a time when businesses are finding it hard to fill job vacancies, 15% of the working-age population are being paid...
...personable Key is talking about the quirks of his rural electorate by the sea, with its mix of farmers, retirees, Auckland workers and alternative lifestylers - and about the main contest. "We have to create a bigger economy, not just change the way we slice it up." Yes, the tax package he designed is offering big tax cuts. No, the government won't have to borrow to pay for them. "Sure someone might be $50 better off per week, but at the end of the day we are trying to appeal to something more primal - to reach into the heart...
...third move: Develop a new set of goals to announce after Katrina fades. Advisers are proceeding with plans to gin up base-conservative voters for next year's congressional midterm elections with a platform that probably will be focused around tax reform. Because Bush will need a dynamic salesman to make sure that initiative goes better than his Social Security proposal, advisers tell TIME there is once again talk of replacing Treasury Secretary John Snow. There are no plans to delay tax cuts to pay for the New Orleans reconstruction or the Iraq war, and Bush is likely to follow...