Word: unfairness
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...public sacrifices involved in their possible solutions. It’s important we not mistake the current hatred for President Bush as political will to make tough changes. If politicians today can’t even assemble the political will to end agricultural subsidies that give American farmers an unfair edge over farmers in developing countries, what prospect is there for real progress on global climate change, which will involve considerable lifestyle adjustments...
...ruling hinged on two key issues. The first was whether Microsoft was allowed to sell its Windows operating package with the music and movie playing application Windows Media Player. But the Commission said that with Windows on 95% of all computers, it gave Media Player an unfair advantage over rivals like Apple's QuickTime or RealPlayer. Throwing Media Player into the Windows package for free is described as "bundling," and the Commission said this effectively killed off RealPlayer...
...Eliot Spitzer that has only recently begun to hold preliminary meetings and whose final report is not expected until early 2008. The activists remain committed in their cause, but for now can only deal with the frustration of having a loved one jailed under what they feel are unfair rules. Critics say that the law ignores major drug dealers and only imprisons minor players in the drug trade. For this reason, they argue, it incarcerates a disproportionate number of minorities. Indeed, since the laws were enacted, more than 90% of those sentenced have been black or Latino, according...
...Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, praised the bill and said it would end President Bush's "pussyfooting" around China's unfair trade practices. Though the White House has filed several complaints against China with the World Trade Orbanization, Republican and Democratic Senators alike have criticized the Administration's actions against China's currency undervaluation as inadequate and unable to stymie the ongoing loss of American manufacturing jobs. The bill would require the Bush Administration to take action against currency manipulators through...
...Senate Commerce Committee has not yet introduced a bill, but last week it held a hearing on U.S.-China trade, where labor leaders and corporate chiefs aired their grievances about China's unfair trade practices - from its unwillingness to enforce a minimum wage to its negligent enforcement of intellectual property law. James Hoffa, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, fresh from his recent tour of Chinese cities, told the committee that China's "first priority is economic progress. It second priority is people." Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, blasted China for breaking the rules...