Word: propped
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...debt—caused not only by the (Texas power company-induced) energy crisis, and the collapse of capital gains revenue from Silicon Valley, but also by costly voter initiatives, promoted by selfish special-interests, that mandated an uncontrollable spending explosion. By law, no California governor can touch the Prop 98-guaranteed 40 percent of the budget directed to an ineffective—and ever-growing—education bureaucracy, and the teachers’ unions it benefits. And, by law, no governor can raise revenue by modernizing the Prop 13-mandated property tax unfairness that leaves Warren Buffett paying...
Arnold’s Prop 57 was sold as a means of refinancing debt at a time when interest rates were at historic lows. But here’s another idea: Why not avoid the additional $6 billion in interest and simply pay off the debt? Why not spare the next generation of Californians from sacrificing to solve a problem we played no role creating...
America should always be looking for ways to lower its trade barriers, not prop them up. The practice in question is nothing more than an anti-competitive and unproductive subsidy for a sagging industry. America’s steel industry, once a jewel in the West’s industrial crown, is now more like a low-grade glass tchotchke. It cannot compete with more efficient foreign producers, and it never will unless it is weaned of its habit of relying on Uncle Sam for help whenever profits are down...
...mail sent out yesterday, HUPD advised that “residents should not prop interior or exterior doors at any time, hold an outside door open for strangers or allow strangers to ‘piggyback...
What do you do when your heart starts to bloat and sag? You could try to prop it up. That's the idea behind the CorCap Cardiac Support Device, a mesh wrap fashioned to fit like a support stocking around the heart to relieve the stress created when the organ becomes enlarged, usually from trying to compensate for damage caused by heart attacks, valve disorders or high blood pressure. In a study of 300 patients, the CorCap reportedly helped enlarged hearts return to a more normal size and shape. The cardiac support hose is still experimental, and implanting it involves...