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Smoking up north
Submitted by Erin Schiller on 2.11.1998
As details of President Clinton’s plan for a balanced budget in fiscal 1999 unravel, an expected tax on cigarettes of $1.50 per pack marks the single largest source of new revenue. This tax increase, which is expected to reduce underaged smoking and bring in over $10 billion annually, is politically popular, yet experience shows that the proposal will most likely fail on both accounts.
Union-Only Government Contracts
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 2.10.1998
One of the most alarming trends in California today is the increase in the number of union-only construction contracts being negotiated by local governments. Under these contracts, which are called "project labor agreements," firms that use non-union labor are shut out from the contract-bidding process.
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