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That is not easy. Privately, most leading Democrats--especially those who are economists--agree on only two principles: there is no One Big Dramatic Thing you can do to fix the economy, but you probably have to do something to nudge the country out of the current rut. The "security" theme might work nicely here. Universal health insurance is a form of security. Spending more to protect Americans from terrorism is another. Spending more on highways and communications can be seen as a form of national security as well. Eisenhower was able to fund the creation of the interstate highway...
...support a tax raise. "I envy his position of being able to come to Little Rock and preach tax cuts while I preach a tax increase," Huckabee told TIME. "He has a tool that I do not have, called deficit spending, and can shift--or at least not fix--the Medicaid issue, which is causing most of my heartburn." Medicaid costs in Arkansas have risen from $1.2 billion a decade ago to $2 billion, and Huckabee, like Governors everywhere else, wants Washington to start shouldering more of the burden...
...deep folds. Then there's Artefill, a mix of cow collagen and tiny acrylic beads that an FDA advisory committee in February recommended for approval. Once injected, the cow collagen breaks down, but the beads stimulate the skin to secrete its own collagen. The good news is that the fix lasts years; the bad news is that the beads sometimes show through thin skin, especially if too many are injected. Dermatologists are also worried that hard nodules known as granulomas will eventually form around the beads in some patients. Doctors stress that Artefill treatments should be delivered by highly skilled...
...cost $700 to $900 for something that lasts just half a year. A face-lift, by contrast, costs between $4,000 and $6,000 but generally lasts 10 to 15 years before requiring touch-ups. Taylor is concerned that women will become addicted to their biannual collagen fix. "What doesn't get talked about enough," he says, "is whether we are creating filler junkies...
...were responsible for cultivating our effective military. Our young men and women made it work. We taxpayers paid for it. All Bush did was send the troops off on a questionable adventure. The war was hardly "his" triumph. If Bush wants to win in 2004, he needs to fix the economy. BOB FORSTER Nehalem...