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Canada’s economy can teach the U.S. a thing or two
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
July 11, 2010
… Americans have almost never looked to Canada as a role model. Indeed, during the long, bitter push to revamp the U.S. healthcare system, opponents repeatedly warned that, if we weren’t careful, we could end up with a medical system like Canada’s. But on healthcare, as well as on such critical issues as the deficit, unemployment, immigration and prospering in the global economy, Canada seems to be outperforming the United States. And in doing so, it is offering examples of successful strategies that Americans might consider.
Tags: economy, immigration, standard of living
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The national security shell game
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
June 15, 2010
The National Security Strategy doesn’t mention either Medicare or Social Security by name. But the code words “medium-term deficit reduction” are there, and they are today’s stand-in for cuts in those programs… But why?… They are successful, popular programs that protect America’s elderly from poverty. Cutting them would be devastating… The “national security” case for cutting Social Security and Medicare is bogus. In economic terms, it’s just a smokescreen for those who would like to transfer the cost of all those bank failures onto the elderly and the sick.
Tags: budget, standard of living
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Living wages are key to poverty eradication
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
June 14, 2010
A worldwide movement is gaining momentum to disrupt complacency about poverty… a robust social movement has been devising creative solutions that meld progressive ideals with a pro-business approach to ensure that people with jobs can actually provide for their families… A study of L.A.’s 1997 living-wage law… discovered that the ordinance had increased pay for an estimated 10,000 jobs. Employment reductions amounted to 1%, or an estimated loss of 112 jobs. Most firms gained from reduced employee turnover, which can be costly and disruptive.
Tags: economy, poverty, standard of living
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