Refusing
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So, too, his plan to eliminate enough tax expenditures to offset the $5 trillion in revenue lost from cutting marginal tax rates by 20%, while
refusing
to say which tax loopholes he would close.
Even as Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s government pursues yet another politically motivated case against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, the United States, by
refusing
to schedule a meeting with Anwar, has signaled that it will not stand up for justice in Malaysia.
For example, it is working to ban companies from
refusing
online sales (except for copyright reasons) or setting different prices on the basis of a customer’s home country.
Refusing
to acknowledge reality will only generate more tension – and more risk, because failing to accommodate China will destabilize the rules-based order on which the world has come to rely.
While wealthy Germany does not want to extend a helping hand to southern EU countries, newly sovereign post-communist countries are rejecting refugees and
refusing
to show solidarity with Western Europe.
But if the contrast between the two sides of the Atlantic, between the continent of “Yes, we can” and the continent of “Yes, we should,” is so immense, it is for reasons that Europeans are
refusing
to face or even to discuss.
Why are European Union leaders resisting the referendum and
refusing
even to extend by a few days the June 30 deadline for Greece’s next payment to the IMF?Isn’t Europe all about democracy?
Yet, when it comes to the escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine, the relevant external powers – that is, the US, the European Union, and Russia – are not only failing to achieve a cease-fire; they are
refusing
to pursue a solution that, unlike in the case of Israel and Palestine, is there for the taking.
Nor does it put him in the same league with Anna Politkovskaya, the crusading journalist who was murdered after
refusing
to stop investigating Russian human rights abuses.
At a time of historically high demand for land, chiefs and landowners are increasingly
refusing
farmers’ requests to replant.
The United States has proved to be the biggest laggard in the world,
refusing
to sign the 1997 Kyoto Protocol or to adopt any effective domestic emissions controls.
This brings us to the present moment, with US unemployment unacceptably high and
refusing
to fall.
And why, then, is sustaining close ties to the US so desirable, while
refusing
to dismiss Russia as a partner is regarded as being an agent of the Kremlin?
Indeed, France has opened its public educational system to an extraordinary degree,
refusing
all group rights to minorities, but vigorously affirming personal rights, including full access to all social services, regardless of language, religion, or skin color.
Allowing full debate of Trumpism while
refusing
to honor it would be no different.
The Bush administration has also trampled on citizens' basic right to know what their government is doing, refusing, for example, to disclose who was on the task force that shaped its energy policy - though one really doesn't need that information to see that it was shaped by the oil industry and for the oil industry.
Despite all of this, India’s government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has kept its cool,
refusing
to respond to any Chinese threat, much less withdraw its forces.
In doing this they seek to crash through the gates of fortress Europe,
refusing
to be imprisoned by its narrow assumptions of national or European identity.
Doctors are not gods, but they increasingly play god by
refusing
to use life-extending techniques for patients and families who want them and are even willing to pay for them.
Oxfam, drawing attention to large-scale land acquisitions that have entailed direct rights violations, has called on the Bank to freeze investments in land purchases until it can set standards ensuring that local communities are informed of them in advance, with the option of
refusing
them.
By
refusing
to be drawn into a long and costly war that would allow Assad to recover most of Syria’s territory, Putin has effectively created a deadlock, which forces both the regime and the opposition to engage seriously in the Geneva peace talks.
By
refusing
a planned and orderly restructuring, the eurozone is exposing itself to the risk of a messy default.
Austerity and its DiscontentsAusterity is always a bitter pill, and one that a growing chorus of political and business leaders, economists, and voters is
refusing
to swallow.
To help prevent this outcome, and with Kim
refusing
to discuss denuclearization with his “brethren” in the South (at whom he claims his missiles are not aimed), Moon now must figure out how to build up the intra-Korea dialogue to enable talks between North Korea and the US.
Even freight companies and airlines have been spurred to act, with a growing number now
refusing
to transport shark fins.
I do not blame the Hungarian and Polish governments for
refusing
to accept refugees they do not want; but I do hold them largely responsible for impeding a European solution.
Eventually, the rest of the world reverts to mercantilist policies as well, imposing trade barriers and
refusing
to use the V$ for international trade.
Similarly, the men who were sexually abused in the 1970’s at Horace Mann, a prestigious New York City private school, are
refusing
to perpetuate the silence and “shame” of their victimization by a circle of pedophiles (and by the school officials who covered up the abusers’ behavior).
But sometimes democracy is best served by
refusing
to participate.
There is no better place to begin than with countries
refusing
to join the UNEP Convention or kowtow to its ban on DDT use.
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