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An Empire Disaster: Why New York's Tort System is Broken and How to Fix It
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 11.25.2009
This new study of New York’s legal system has concluded that New York’s legal system is the third worst in the country and is costing taxpayers millions of dollars through higher taxes and increased costs for goods, insurance and health care. Savings derived from reforming the system would go a long way towards reducing New York’s multi-billion dollar budget deficit.
The Pillage People Ride Again
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 11.11.2009
On November 1 California began withholding 10 percent more from workers’ paychecks than the government already takes. This money grab, bad enough on its own terms, is a sign that the state has missed an opportunity to modernize the tax system and provide more stable revenue.
Why Feminists Make No Allowance for Women’s Choices
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 11.3.2009
A recent story in the British Daily Telegraph confirms that feminists think they have found a new wage gap in children’s allowances. Echoing several recent studies in the United States and Australia, the UK’s Co-operative Investments Child Trust Fund finds that parents give their sons 10 percent more spending money on average, while asking their daughters to do the lion’s share of the more domestic tasks, such as cooking and cleaning.
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