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Nicholas D. Kristof: Republicans, Zealots and Our Security

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IF China or Iran threatened our national credit rating and tried to drive up our interest rates, or if they sought to damage our education system, we would erupt in outrage.Well,wake up to the national security threat. Only itĂ ‚¬ „ s not coming from abroad, but from our own domestic extremists.Republican zeal to lower debts could result in increased interest expenses and higher debts. Their mania to save taxpayers could cost taxpayers. That suggests not governance so much as fanaticism.More broadly, a default would leave America a global laughingstock. Our Ă ‚¬Ĺ"soft power,Ă ‚¬ ť our promotion of democracy around the world, and our influence would all take a hit. The spectacle of paralysis in the worldĂ ‚¬ „ s largest economy is already bewildering to many countries. If there is awe for our military prowess and delight in our movies and music, there is scorn for our political/economic management.
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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)
 

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