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...thing is about as fresh as a “Friends” rerun. So here’s a new talking point that I suggest the Democrats try out to keep the election interesting and maybe even improve their chance of uprooting the Shrub: Bush’s tax cuts, by increasing economic inequality, could undermine political equality—that is to say, democracy itself. This is where a dead Frenchman comes...
...obvious as that may seem, Democrats have been too timid to point out the implication: Bush’s grossly lop sided tax cuts, by exacerbating economic inequality, will ultimately foster a more unequal distribution of the means for participating in political power. (For instance, axing the estate tax, which had applied to only the top two percent of estates, raises the prospect of making that inequality hereditary.) It’s no surprise then that their case for repealing the cuts has fallen flat...
...Dems have pointed out the injustice of the skewed rewards of the tax cuts, and they are right to do so. But over-reliance on framing the issue in terms of winners and losers or the “two Americas” (real though those divisions are) exposes the Democrats to the bogus but potent charge of class warfare. “Strengthening democracy” would be a much more unifying aspiration...
...sustain the growth? Can we jump up to the next level? I'm not sure," says Muscatine superintendent Tom Williams. Muscatine's 11 schools were receiving about $750,000 in federal money, and that increased to $850,000 with the new law. But state and local tax money pays the remaining 98% of the budget, and it is precarious. Last year Muscatine lost about $500,000 in state funding, and more cuts are expected. In February, first-graders joined the older kids in taking the 4 1/2-hour test, spread over two weeks. Many teachers consider that insane...
...years or less. Domenici's proposal would also make approval of the plant more likely by limiting review of the plant's environmental impact, truncating the appeals process for those who object to the plant and allowing the US government to process the facility's radioactive waste using a tax-payer subsidy...