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...idea, as it has rejected every challenge to the plan so far. Even before the Senators put forward their proposal, Bush adviser Karl Rove told allies that any trigger "is dead on arrival with this President." The Bushies argue that a tax cut without a guarantee would be useless in reviving the economy. "These tax cuts are important because people plan investment and savings on them," says Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel. "If you're playing around with that, the uncertainty of that will withhold commitments of capital investments, which create productivity and jobs and tax revenues." Many Democrats aren...
...uncramped, I finally wised up and started entering information directly on my PC. I figured that when I was done, I could just copy it into the Vista using the cable and synching software that came with it. I figured wrong. Plagued with error messages, I pored over the useless manual and misleading online troubleshooting suggestions on the Royal website--to no avail. Not until I got a replacement unit and downloaded a new file online was I able to get the thing to work right. Even then, the Vista had so many quirks and bugs--names would get truncated...
...Bush has proposed, the cuts are made retroactive. The nation simply cannot afford a tax cut of this size; it would repeat the worst fiscal mistakes of the Reagan years, mistakes which led to two decades of deficits. The tax cut is also unnecessary, as it would be near-useless in fighting a short-term recession. And judging from the experience of this past decade, the longest period of peacetime prosperity in the nation's history, high marginal tax rates for the wealthy have not significantly harmed long-term growth...
...would also disrupt efforts to safeguard the future of Medicare and Social Security. The majority of Bush's "contingency reserve" represents money from the Medicare surplus, which both parties have agreed should be saved to help fulfill future obligations. This money would be useless in responding to any "contingencies," since spending it would be equivalent to raiding the Medicare fund. The Medicare system is already in danger, and there is no reason to impoverish it further...
Lint People, meanwhile, was merely cute, an animated trifle about characters made from those useless bits of fuzz and stuffing that come loose from your clothes in the dryer. If cleaning the lint filter is the highlight of your lazy Saturday, then the film’s final shot will make you break down and weep tender, knowing tears. Otherwise, don’t rush...