John Edwards famously complains that there are two Americas, and that the system is rigged to benefit the rich one.* John Edwards  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. famously fa·mous·ly adv. 1. In a way or to an extent that is well known: "his famously neurotic mannerisms [are] lampooned in the novels of Evelyn Waugh" complains that there are two Americas, and that the system is rigged to benefit the rich one. The editors of the Wall Street Journal report that the senator has gone to great lengths to illustrate the point in his tax returns, using a legal maneuver that lets him out of paying Medicare taxes. There are ways of rationalizing away this apparent hypocrisy: Edwards could say that it would be unfair to ask him, alone among rich people, to foreswear fore·swear v. Variant of forswear. Verb 1. foreswear - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" forgo, waive, relinquish, dispense with, forego the benefits of unfair tax laws. People can draw their own conclusions about how publicspirited such a stance is. We will press the point no further. It is worth noting, as always, that America is a marvelous country. Here even the son-of-a-mill-worker can grow up to have his own tax shelter tax shelter: see tax exemption. . |
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