Corporate Welfare Reform How to curb subsidies in Congress
Our view argues Congress spends surplus while allowing corporate welfare to persist. A Stop Corporate Welfare Coalition pushes for a reform commission to identify abuses, citing the Clean Coal Technology program as wasteful and calling for budget cuts to restrain future spending growth.
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Congress
U.S
Americans For Tax Reform
National Taxpayers Union
Citizens Against Government Waste
Public Interest Research Group
Stop Corporate Welfare Coalition
House Budget Committee
T.J. Rodgers
Cypress Semiconductors
Senate
Department of the Interior
Department of Energy
General Accounting Office
Public Forum Invitation From Odessa OA
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Odessa
Link
Freedom
War on Boys column argues for balanced view of gender gap
Monacharen argues feminist trends distort data on girls and boys. He cites Sommers critique of prevailing research claiming girls are underrepresented and portrays boys as victims of biased schooling. He notes reading, math gaps, suspensions, and calls for moral guidance and single sex options in England as promising steps.
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Christina Hoff Sommers
American Association of University Women
Wellesley College Center For Research On Women
Carol Gilligan
Harvard
Sommers
Judith Kleinfeld
University of Alaska
United States
Great Britain
ACLU
England
Charen
Reagan White House
Who funds seniors gifts in Gore drug plan debate
Stephen Chapman notes that Al Gore's Medicare drug proposal would cover half of drug costs up to 5000 dollars with catastrophic coverage, paid by the budget surplus. He cautions that true free care is unrealistic and warns against federal price controls, arguing U.S. drug innovation relies on a free market and higher prices.
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Paul Tsongas
Massachusetts
Santa Claus
Tsongas
al Gore
Gore
Congressional Budget Office
Medicare
Treasury
Medicare Trust Fund
United States
Chapman
The
Chicago Tribune
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