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...America through the Great Depression and World War II, for Ronald Reagan, the man who led us through the ’80s. The bill has gained 80 co-sponsors so far, including practically the entire House GOP establishment. “Tax-cut and spend” Republicans—who’ve apparently been unsatisfied simply giving away the federal budget to the wealthiest Americans—now want to manipulate the currency itself...
...plans proposed by Democratic presidential hopefuls provide financial incentives such as tax rebates and grants to receive a bachelor’s degree. In that respect they remedy several problems associated with the current system, where financial aid programs provided by many institutions often do little to mitigate the exorbitant costs associated with higher education. As is, students from lower-income backgrounds are much less likely to enter college than those from middle- or upper-class backgrounds, and few see the most expensive private institutions as within their financial reach. That only six percent of Harvard undergraduates receive Pell Grants?...
Comprehensive prevention programs aren't cheap, but the cost of doing nothing is far greater. "If we don't take care of this issue now, we will have huge numbers of Type 2 diabetics, and we will be paying for them with our tax dollars," says Dr. Phyllis Preciado, an internist who runs a diabetes clinic in California's farming-rich Central Valley. As the U.S. loses productive members of the work force, she notes, more people will turn to public assistance for treatment. And the increased toll in human suffering will be staggering...
...abortion is just the beginning: a tax on the wealthiest of the wealthy estates in America is the medieval-sounding “Death Tax;” a flaw in the tax code making some couples pay extra is an unthinkable “Marriage Penalty.” A sweeping, embarrassing bill now resented by most of the educational community continues to be called the “No Child Left Behind” act, while a dramatic weakening of the Clean Air Act goes by the name of “Clear Skies...
Denying homosexuals the right to marry is also blatantly discriminatory and unfair. Bereft of the legal rights that come with marriage, gay couples sometimes face unfair financial hardship. Unlike married couples, they cannot share insurance policies, file joint tax returns or inherit pensions and Social Security benefits from spouses. When gay couples split up, children are not protected by courtroom proceedings that enable a judge to determine issues of custody. This leaves children vulnerable to needless emotional damage...