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...those things you don't even share with your best friends -- how much you earn. Well, in California that nugget of personal information could soon be up for sale to banks, mortgage lenders, car dealers and other potential creditors -- by none other than the government. The program, authorized by a little-noticed state law passed last summer, and headlined by the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, could eventually rake $15 million into state coffers. "When the news leaked out," reports TIME Los Angeles correspondent Dave Jackson, "it caused an immediate backlash here." Proponents of the program point out that individuals...
...California program is part of a bigger trend," says Jackson. "A number of states around the country are looking for additional revenues through ways that may unfortunately compromise privacy." Programs similar to the California plan already exist in Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas. And the state sale of information is not limited to salary numbers. A major lawsuit is up before the Supreme Court over whether states may continue to sell, as many do, personal information such as addresses and Social Security numbers derived from drivers? licenses. South Carolina is challenging, on the basis of states rights...
Good question, Kenny. I belonged to a group of 1,050 New Yorkers who participated in the annual Principal for a Day program run jointly by the Board of Education and a nonprofit group called PENCIL (Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning). The idea is simple: get corporate and civic leaders involved with the city's public schools. This year's participants ranged from First Principal Hillary Clinton to actor Billy Baldwin. The program is part p.r., part guilt alleviation for well-heeled New Yorkers and part real insight into the New York City school system, which...
Drop by Lincoln Center whenever a work by Jerome Robbins is on the program at the New York City Ballet, and chances are you'll see a 26-year-old Brit with a long neck and a big, bright smile. N.Y.C.B. soloist Christopher Wheeldon is engaging and reliable, and he knows how to make the most of a Robbins role. But last week he swapped his tights for a business suit to take a bow with 62 children from the School of American Ballet as 2,000 dancegoers yelled their heads off. The occasion was the premiere...
...School of Government and National Public Radio shows that 71% of Americans ages 18 to 29 favor partial privatization of the system. Half of those 65 or older oppose such a move. But 60% of the young and 58% of the elderly agree that Washington hasn't managed the program well...