77. It is unfortunate but true that political decisions and activities affect all aspects of people’s lives. 尽管很不幸,但是这却是真实存在的事实,政治决策和活动影响着人们生活的方方面面。(政治与生活)
这段文章能为issue 77 提供太多例子啦,‘boosts economic growth, creates jobs and often ends up saving taxpayers money, as do improving infrastructure, supporting small farmers and promoting green energy’‘he current system devours fossil fuels, depletes the soil and pollutes waterways. It also makes high-sugar foods and beef artificially cheap, contributing to the obesity and diabetes epidemic’。
还有这个people说的话,Representative-elect Jon Runyan, Republican of New Jersey, said in the aftermath of the election that to balance the federal budget one could cut “all the money we spend on frivolous research projects . . . studying mating tendencies of fruit flies, stuff like that—is that really necessary?”,很好的一个开头引子。