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Monday, January 5, 2009
Economic Issues
THERE HAVE BEEN WORSE YEARS
Even a steep recession doesn't compare with events that have made for America's worst years, says Rich Lowry...
WASHINGTON TIMES
Social Security Issues
REFORMING SOCIAL SECURITY WITH PROGRESSIVE PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
The Personal Annuitized Average Wage (PAAW) security could play an integral role in future Social Security reforms...
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Health Issues
IF YOU THINK HEALTH CARE IS EXPENSIVE...
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it's free, says George Will...
TOWNHALL.COM
International Issues
EUROPE'S SMOKING CULTURE LINGERS, DESPITE BANS
Although many European countries have introduced bans on smoking in public, Europeans are having a hard time stamping out their nicotine habit...
WALL STREET JOURNAL
Government Issues
PUBLIC PENSIONS ARE UNDERFUNDED
The extent to which public pensions are underfunded has been obscured by governmental accounting rules...
Taxes
NEW JERSEY IS THE PERFECT BAD EXAMPLE
Obama should look to new Jersey to see what high taxes do, says William McGurn...
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