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Social IN-Security: Part II
The Contrarian
By: Katherine Post
8.21.1997
Thanks to Jim Lucier and Peter Ferrara of Americans for Tax Reform, I have some more news about the "insurance" disaster of Social Security that should have you demanding a privatized system as soon as possible.
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Give Me Preferences and Give Me Death
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
8.20.1997
Amid all the furor over lower minority enrollment in certain graduate programs in the University of California system, attention has focused on the supposed effects of a less diverse student body. Race-preference advocates argue that if more minorities aren't admitted into medical schools, for example, the medical needs of minority communities will not be met. Is it that simple, however?
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Contract Time
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
8.13.1997
August is a strange month in the nation's capital. You can find a parking place on Capitol Hill. You can drive down a gridlock-free M Street in Georgetown. You can get a table at The Palms without a reservation and without Charlie Trie. Perhaps the most significant clue that Washington has emptied out is that the datelines of the pundits' columns sport exotic locations such as Martha's Vineyard, Hilton Head, Jackson Hole, and Bar Harbor. The quiescence of the capital makes it a good time for reflection on "whither we are tending," as Lincoln would say.
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Social Security Rigged Against Women
The Contrarian
By: Katherine Post
8.7.1997
We all know that Social Security is fast approaching insolvency. Every paycheck, the government takes about 7.6 percent out, ostensibly to save for your retirement. Instead, it goes in one end and out into someone else's benefit check. The government estimates that Social Security will be bankrupt by the year 2029, at the latest.
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Mispriorities in Action: California's Scandalous Textbook Shortage
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
8.6.1997
Five years ago, I authored a study that, among other things, compared how much the state spent on desegregation, special education, bilingual education, and other special interest programs versus how much was spent on classroom instructional materials (i.e., textbooks, etc.). In each comparison, classroom
instructional materials received significantly less funding.
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