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...company, in response to dire economic straits, could not afford to pay them anymore. Thus, the most reasonable solution to bring back these jobs that have been lost is to revitalize the economy. Many suggest that the government should introduce a new cash flow into the economy, either through tax rebates or through massive public projects, but there is a simpler way. Many of the United States’ largest employment industries often spend much of their money complying with very strict Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on the release of certain compounds such as carbon monoxide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs...
...what to make of a 2003 survey that found eighth-grade girls outperforming boys in algebra in 22 countries, with boys outscoring girls in only three nations? If we're not careful, the next Einstein could find herself working as a high-powered lawyer who does wonders with estate-tax calculations instead of discovering what the universe is made of. --With reporting by Nadia Mustafa and Deirdre van Dyk/ New York and Ulla Plon/Lulea
Undoubtedly, the government is facing severe budgetary constraints, with expensive overseas wars and costly tax cuts. But, as a group of Nobel Laureates who endorsed John Kerry in the recent Presidential election said, “By reducing funding for scientific research [Bush and his administration] are undermining the foundation of America’s future...
Harvard, a Massachusetts tax-exempt institution, has publicly invested in some of the companies doing business with the Khartoum regime and thus is underwriting the genocide. Harvard’s publicly disclosed stock investments include holdings in Petrochina—a Chinese oil company with established ties to the government and genocide in Sudan—valued at almost $4 million. The full extent of Harvard’s investment in Sudan is unknown, because Harvard is required only to disclose its common stock holdings, which comprise only $3 billion out of an endowment worth $22 billion...
...Hagel. While much more conservative on social issues than those two, Graham has already demonstrated independence on other issues: earlier this year, he sharply questioned Alberto Gonzales during his confirmation hearing and he has proposed a Social Security plan that would raise the amount of income that can be taxed from $90,000 to $200,000. Struggling to get Republican support for a tax increase, he joked he was "an island of one." President Bush last week suggested he was not opposed to raising the cap, but House Republican leaders rejected the idea so quickly that Graham will likely remain...