Fair Care tax credit debate could loosen medical coverage
The editorial backs a personal tax credit for medical insurance proposed as Senate Bill 2337 by Sen. Rick Santorum. It would grant up to 3,000 for a family and 2,000 for a married couple, with broader aims to level the playing field for uninsured individuals while noting costs and potential welfare growth. The piece also contrasts Bush and Gore proposals and urges market-oriented medical care solutions in a year-long debate.
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Public Forum Contact Details for Odessa OA
Odessa OA invites comments via P O Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760 and fax 915 333 7742 Comments may also be sent online at onletters link.freedom.com
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Affordable housing belts and liberal aims on the peninsula
Thomas Lowell critiques Peninsula Interfaith Action and California housing policy, arguing that calls for affordable housing rely on government intervention and idealism. He notes cost distortions from greenbelts and open-space rules, questions beneficiaries, and suggests liberals economics mask ego gratification rather than real gains. Lowell, a Hoover Institution fellow, frames affordable housing as an unattainable political crusade rather than a true market option.
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Peninsula Interfaith Action
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Palo Alto
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Florida tobacco wars reshape bets on litigation profits
Jacob Sullum argues lawmakers leverage tobacco lawsuits for state revenue while constraining payouts. He notes Engle v. R J Reynolds and rising punitive bonds may curb industry resources, as states count on settlements and taxes to fund programs.
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California
New York
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Philip Morris Et al
Sullum
Reason Magazine
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