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You ask "Is America Losing At Globalization?" The answer is yes. With no trade surplus since 1975 and the trade deficit more than $700 billion per year, it's time to admit that "free trade" doesn't work. We need to bring trade into balance with a trade-balancing tariff. When we are in deficit, raise the tariff 5 percent per year until trade comes into balance. If we are in surplus, lower it by 5 percent per year until things even out again. Balanced trade will bring back thousands of factories and millions of exported jobs.

Lawrence Briskin
Centerville, Ohio

Animals in Medical Research
Sharon Begley's "Coddling Human Guinea Pigs" (Aug. 18/Aug. 25) offered a stark analysis of the world of medical research. This excellent article and Begley's previous one on Botox, "A New Reason to Frown" (April 21/April 28), illuminate a very important but oft-ignored problem: animals cannot predict human response. Be it Botox or Vioxx, different species respond differently. Even different humans respond differently. A drug that cures you may kill me. The only way society will ever have safer and more-effective medications is by testing based on your genetic makeup. Fortunately, this is the direction pharmaceutical companies are going. It is time to re-evaluate the scientific validity of using animals to predict human response in all areas of medical research and testing.

Ray Greek, MD., President
Americans For Medical Advancement
Goleta, California

Correction
Our Sept. 1 article "A Respectable Russia" incorrectly identified the capital of Kazakhstan. It is Astana, not Almaty. And the population figures on the accompanying map referred to the total population of each country, not their Russian populations as the label stated. The percentages of Russians living in each country are listed correctly. NEWSWEEK regrets the error.

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Posted By: TruthForward @ 10/23/2008 2:11:05 PM

Taxes:

-Those making between $250,000 and $400,000 annually will have less than $1,500 increase in their taxes. (These people are not complaining. Joe is not one of these people.)

-Those making more than $3 Million annually will pay only 23%.

This will PAY FOR the tax cuts given to the middle class.
This WILL NOT INCREASE THE DEFICIT!

Calculate your taxcut: http://taxcut.barackobama.com/

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McCain has a Santa Clause approach to tax cutting. He wants to make cuts, but has not identified how it will be paid for. This will never pass Congress.

McCAIN'S TAX PLAN (or slogan) WILL WILL INCREASE THE DEFICIT!

Get your specific McCain Tax info (if available)
http://www.johnmccain.com/Issues/JobsforAmerica/taxes.htm
McCain has slogans not plans.
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Posted By: TruthForward @ 10/23/2008 2:10:55 PM

Palin did not even pay for her child's stroller.
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Posted By: Nins @ 10/23/2008 12:07:03 AM

It turns out that RNC has spent $150,000 on clothes for Sarah Palin. They also spent $100 for a romper and hat for little Trig, which he wore on stage at the GOP convention.

A hundred dollar onesie? (And these people are saying that Obama would be a profligate spender.)

Did you know that the outfit Cindy McCain wore when she appeared at the convention cost $330,000?

The RNC says that later Sarah's clothes will be donated to charity. OK, so some homeless person will get to wear this stuff on the streets of New Orleans. (Maybe this is the RNC's version of "trickle down spending.") But wouldn't the homeless be better served by $150,000 donation to a shelter or a food bank than by designer clothing?

Fifteen years ago, McCain wrote an amendment to tighten the law on using campaign funds for personal items like clothing and stylists. In May of 1993, McCain said this on the Senate floor "The use of campaign funds for items which most Americans would consider to be strictly personal reasons, in my view, erodes public confidence and erodes it significantly."

I guess he forgot what his prior position was. Again.

Just like he forgot that he used to be pro-Choice and pro-gay marriage and pro-immigration reform. He also forgot that he used to be afiliated with ACORN, and with G. Gordon Liddy. If he is lying to cover up what his prior positions have been, shame on him. If he really can't remember, maybe the detractors who claim his mind is aging are correct.

One last thought: is the GOP paying for Bristol Palin's maternity wear?