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Subsidies are todays key farm issue

February 1, 2002 By Brenda Crawford-Clark

Just when the Republican majority of the House had approved farm subsidies for the next 10 years and the Democrat-controlled Senate, with the support of some Republicans, stood ready to enact subsidies for the next five...

The case of the disappearing surplus

February 1, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

The fiscal year (FY) 2003 budget war is underway with, as usual, the issues clouded by what Mark Twain called “figures, statistics and damn lies.” For the entire article, click on the headline. For more on...

Rethinking welfare reform

February 1, 2002

The welfare reform law is up for reauthorization in March. The World will be running articles from various organizations on this important issue. In 1996, after Congress revamped the welfare system to require recipients to work...

Racism remains factor in health

February 1, 2002

The economic boom of the 1990s brought improved health conditions for most people in the United States. It wasn’t a dramatic increase, more like a trickle-down effect. Federal dollars went into the health system due to...

Drug price campaign starts

February 1, 2002

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A statewide campaign for passage of the Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act (HB-290) was announced here Jan. 22. The legislation, the state senate draft of which is SB-127, is similar to that passed...