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Another easy-to-grasp idea about incentives is that people should not be allowed to consume resources for free. It makes little sense to let polluters impose all sorts of costs on our economy by degrading our air, water, natural resources and public health, and then pass the bill onto taxpayers. In fact, the Superfund program used to levy a fee on the worst polluting companies to clean up the same sites that those companies had egregiously contaminated. This improved market incentives by ensuring that polluters did not get a free ride. But the Republicans in Congress...
...over which grow ivy and morning glory so thick that the wires are no longer visible. The ivy hangs in a curtain around her porch and climbs up to the top of the house, twining itself around her chimney. Her walls are crumbling under the ivy’s grasp, and she repairs the holes in the windows with plastic...
...last time Mazzoleni was at the Pepsi Arena, he watched Cornell’s strong-willed seniors lead a dramatic comeback to wrest a second consecutive ECAC championship from his team’s grasp...
Last year Dawson attended Northwestern University as a recruited freshman for the Big 10 school. He chose to redshirt his freshman season—an option not available in the Ivy League—in order to get a firm grasp of the offense...
...first president of weak intellect and little grasp of the issues, Reagan prepared the way for George W. Bush. Having a moron for president allows Americans to watch sporting events and ignore political issues with a good conscience. That is Reagan's legacy. Alan Rutkowski Edmonton, Canada...