View: Drug benefits threaten prudent Medicare reform
The Point argues against expanding Medicare with a prescription drug benefit. Gore favors using surpluses for a government plan costing about 253 billion over 10 years, while Bush proposes 158 billion in subsidies to private insurers and a drug benefit. Both plans risk escalating costs and intergenerational redistribution.
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Texas
George W. Bush
Gore
Bush
Peter Sepp
National Taxpayers Union
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Cato Institute
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Public Forum Address for Odessa American Opinion
Readers may submit opinions to the Odessa American at PO Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760 or via the onletters link.freedom.com Fax 915-333-7742. The notice encourages community input on issues of local interest.
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Things money can't buy in a personal odyssey
Thomas Lowell recalls a life shaped by circumstances and people rather than money. From a Jim Crow South childhood to Harlem and a career at Hoover Stanford, he credits caring family members and Eddie Mapp for guiding him, while noting windfall gains and losses along the way. The piece promotes his book A Personal Odyssey.
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New York
Harlem
Eddie Mapp
the Waldorf
White House
California
Columbia University
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Adam Clymer
New York Times
Bush
Capitol Hill
Senate
Edward Kennedy
Jim McDermott
D-Wash
Newt Gingrich
Slate.com
Mickey Kaus
Clymer
NBC
David Gregory
Karen Hughes
Gregory
Hughes
Tell it like it is Bush name calling earns praise in column
CAL THOMAS argues for straight talk in politics. He defends George W. Bush for calling a reporter a name, suggests no apology is needed, and says the public values candor over bias. The piece questions press accountability and contrasts blunt rhetoric with scripted politicking.
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Bush
Dan
CBS News
New York Post
Steve Dunleavy
Harry Truman
Margaret
Truman
Gore
George
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