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...predict a material gain from such support of a national system. According to a recent CBS poll, only 22 percent of Americans “said the reforms now being considered would help them personally,” while 30 percent even believed that “reforms would hurt them personally.” In the same poll, 53 percent favored “the government offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan that would compete with private health insurance plans,” with similar numbers evident under other reform plans. That three percent margin keeping health...
...Behind Hatoyama's flip-flops is contradictory advice from top aides. Some are telling him to stick to fiscal austerity to mollify voters' fear of ever-larger deficits - a public concern that could hurt the DPJ's chances of winning a majority in crucial July 2010 elections for the Diet's Upper House to accompany its newly won majority in the Lower House. But come next July, the DPJ would be hurt a lot worse at the polls by higher unemployment than a higher deficit. What Japan needs today is fiscal stimulus that stresses the DPJ program to shift Japan...
...financial-sector paychecks began to outstrip those for jobs in other sectors demanding similar skills and education levels. Since the late 1990s, Philippon and Reshef estimate, 30% to 50% of financial-sector pay has amounted to what economists call rents - windfalls that serve no economic purpose. They may even hurt the economy by pulling highly skilled workers out of other, potentially more productive fields...
...thought it was a hard-fought game,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “We played hard, we just hurt ourselves in situations...
Forbes said that salary cuts might not hurt the quality of Harvard’s faculty. “The thought that certain faculty are rare gems that we have to look after is misleading,” Forbes said...