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...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 not to work, he says. It's costing $NZ14 million a day. National wants tougher work tests for the unemployed, tighter controls on those claiming they are too ill to work, and welfare mothers to participate in work or training when their youngest child is of school age. Brash's message of personal responsibility and hard work is striking a chord with taxpayers...
...side courts are tougher, even cruel: you can watch players self destruct at close range, watch them staring into the racquets as if that would made them invisible. Walking to Court 6 , I was just in time to watch Tobias Summerer implode in a winnable match against Ivan Ljubicic, the 18th seeds. Three reckless shots cost him the second set, while his lone fan tried to encourage him in German, although not too loudly. Ljubicic looked like he was mad at everyone; his serve was just vicious and its force drew occasional gasps from the crowd...
With the gut-wrenching details of heinous sex crimes making national headlines in the past few years, it's easy to see why cities and states would rush to get tougher on offenders even after they get out of prison. The rape and murder of Jessica Lunsford, 9, in March caused Florida to pass a law in May that mandates lifetime monitoring with ankle bracelets for anyone convicted of a sex crime against a minor. The 2003 abduction of North Dakota college student Dru Sjodin helped spur the creation of a national online registry of sex offenders that began rolling...
...criticism from civil-liberties groups, sex-abuse experts and even some child advocates. Reports of rape and attempted rape have plummeted some 70% since the early 1990s, and reconviction rates of child molesters are estimated at 13%, compared with 47% for all non-sex criminals. Some critics question whether tougher laws are needed--and whether they really work. "By socially ostracizing these people and making it next to impossible for them to find a job or have educational opportunities or otherwise forge necessary social ties, what do we expect is going to happen with them?" asks Bruce Winick, a University...
...idea," such bipartisan--or even intraparty--consensus is eluding leaders in Congress as they head for a fierce debate over the issue this fall. As border-state Democrats start to shift to the right, bucking many members of their own party, the G.O.P. is split between those who want tougher security first and those who seek comprehensive reform. That split is spelled out in two competing Senate proposals: one sponsored by Texas' John Cornyn and fellow Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona would require illegals to leave the country to apply for work visas and would fund 1,250 more customs...