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...propose to all the companies flailing in this soon-to-be bankrupt economy a "take-away test" to figure out which of your employees you really need. Simply give each worker a nice long vacation - paid, of course (it will be a cost-saver in the long run). Then sit back and see what happens. If your business output suffers and important things go undone, get that employee back. Your company clearly needs him or her. If, on the other hand, you find no discernable fall-off in business, you know what to do: Give him a raise...
...that would force Wall Street to pony up some cash at the outset. Rather than buying all those troubled mortgage assets from ailing banks and investment firms, Republicans say, the government should instead insure them, much as the Government National Mortgage Association does. This approach, they argue, would not cost as much, and would require Wall Street to pay the cost of its mistakes, through insurance premiums. "The main thing is to protect the taxpayer," said Georgia Republican Phil Gingrey. "We don't really feel like there's a gun held to our head to get this accomplished...
...while the Bush Administration bailout plan does require an unprecedented outlay of taxpayer funds, White House officials say the cost of a crippled economy would be an even greater burden on average Americans. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson believes that while the House Republican proposal would help moderate the current crisis, it wouldn't be enough to do the job. Nor is it the most effective way, Treasury officials argue. Leaving those toxic mortgage-backed assets on financial institution balance sheets, they say, would not provide the additional liquidity that banks desperately need right now to get the nation's paralyzed...
...Although they are not currently suspected by authorities of using melamine, farmers may have played an indirect role in the crisis, says Joseph Cheng, who runs the Contemporary China Research Project at City University of Hong Kong. That's because farmers were squeezed between the rising cost of cattle feed and government-imposed caps on the price of milk. "The feed price rises, the milk price is low and they lose money," Cheng says. "What do you do? You feed the cattle with low-quality feed. Then the quality of the milk is very bad and the protein content...
...then would provide a tax deduction of up to $15,210, according to income and family status, for individuals to buy into a government-supervised group of private insurance plans. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Wyden proposal would eventually be revenue-neutral (that is, it wouldn't cost any additional money). According to health-insurance experts at the nonpartisan Lewin Group, it would save money for those making less than $150,000 per year. "It sounds good, but it's really hard to pass anything this complicated," Kamarck warns. "You tell people you're going to take their...