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...Discouragingly, Dean reminds me a lot of the Democrats' 1984 presidential candidate, Walter Mondale. In that campaign, Mondale proclaimed he would raise taxes. As a result, he went on to lose by a landslide, with Ronald Reagan winning 49 states. I fear a similar scenario may transpire in 2004, considering that Dean is talking about rescinding all of President Bush's tax cuts. Michael Dukes Toronto...
...Power of Populism Joe Klein questions the wisdom of the Democrats using classic populism ("the people vs. the powerful") as a strategy to win the presidency [Jan. 12]. I say more power to them. It is the common people who work, pay taxes, fight our wars and cry out for fairness. Klein noted that the by-products of the 1890s' wave of populism were a progressive income tax, antitrust legislation and other reforms. Dean is proposing the same type of progressive political, social and economic agenda. Onofrio Perzia LeRoy...
...infrastructure of protection and pork-barreling that, ultimately, hurts U.S. consumers. It's why Americans get ripped off on pharmaceuticals and why they pay a lot more than they need to for their beef, sugar or dairy products. And it's why Americans get such poor value for their tax dollars on health and welfare services. Reforming this mess, even if there is a genuine will to do so, is hard to achieve in the U.S. because politics is decentralized, and the lobbyists are at work at every level of the system. The same thing happens in Australia, of course...
...help convince voters that you are the one to send into the ring against Bush? History helps here, because the more optimistic candidate nearly always wins, and most recently, it worked for George W. Bush. In the 2000 campaign, pollsters found that even voters who didn't like his tax plan or his inexperience did like him, saw him as a regular guy. Phoniness is a political toxin and charisma, a vaccine, and Edwards claims to have the cure...
...lounge around gorgeous hotels, getting the royal treatment as you soak up the year-round rays. Accommodations range from such superluxe joints as Al Maha Desert Resort to more conventional names, such as Sheraton, Sofitel and Best Western, whose rooms start at about $140 a night, plus a 20% tax. Arabs from around the region may frolic in the waves wearing traditional thobes (robes) and abas, but there's no frowning on string bikinis, if that's your taste in swimwear. And there is all manner of outdoor adventure, from scuba diving or wind-surfing further out in the azure...