One year after Citizens United v. FEC, when the Supreme Court opened American elections to a corporate spending free-for-all, elected officials in Washington and in statehouses around the country are pushing a stunning set of financial policies that, if passed, will provide a windfall for giant corporations at the expense of already-hurting individual taxpayers.
Murray returns to the top three for the first time since October at the expense of Rafael Nadal, who retired hurt while trailing in the quarter-finals against the Scot and has been ruled out for up to four weeks with a knee injury.
Perspective should not have to come at the expense of other people getting hurt.
"The government seems determined to put a lot of money into very expensive nuclear weapons projects at the expense of nonproliferation programs, which are hurting for funding," says Victoria Samson, a research analyst with the Washington, D.C. based Center for Defense Information, a think tank that monitors the U.S. defense industry.
But to the extent that the Escape expands the sport utility market at the expense of cars, it could actually hurt overall fuel efficiency.
Thomas, whose books include Ubunutu Pocket Guide and Reference, seems to think that Firefox has "lost the plot," and that Mozilla's focus on whiz-bang features at the expense of core competency have greatly hurt the browser's reputation.
Politicians who enact rules to restrict competition at the expense of access to food aren't just hurting entrepreneurs - they're also harming the communities these businesses serve.
It is regularly said that section 18C serves to protect hurt feelings at the expense of free speech.
But to lower the enrollment age to 55 -- especially at the expense of the public option -- would likely hurt our medical care system more than it helps it.
