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Health Care Watch

The American Health Care [non-]system is in decline. The number of Americans covered by employer health care plans actually fell by about 5 million during the past four years, even though the number of people eligible rose by about 10 million. That’s an additional 15 million average Americans for whom the health care system is […]

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California Proposition 77

Arnold Schwarzenegger is in trouble in California where he has four propositions up for a vote this year. Current polls show him losing on all four counts, which is a shame because one of them — Proposition 77 — deserves to pass. Prop. 77 is designed to change the way in which California’s political boundaries […]

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TABOR: Something to Watch

TABOR amendments are cropping up around the country as various conservative groups try to follow through on their ‘shrink government no matter what’ policies. TABOR stands for ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’ and is a state level constitutional amendment that restricts the growth of state spending to a highly restrictive formula: population growth plus inflation. The […]

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