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Reiner, 51, is author and chief promoter of one of the more ambitious pieces of social legislation ever crafted on a state level. Picking up where the U.S. Congress left off when a proposed $368 billion federal tobacco lawsuit settlement was killed in June, Prop 10 would add a 50[cent] tax to each pack of cigarettes sold in California. The money, up to $700 million a year, would be channeled into antitobacco programs and early-childhood health and education. The higher prices would result in an estimated 25% drop in smoking--and consequent savings in the state...
...tobacco companies, fearing that Prop 10 could set a precedent for other states, have mobilized a Committee Against Unfair Taxes, which is expected to spend more than $20 million for television ads and direct mail. "You know it's easy to vote against tobacco," coos a comely blond from her suburban kitchen in one TV spot. "But if you're against higher taxes and bigger bureaucracy, vote no on Prop 10." Last week, tobacco companies were busy faxing around an endorsement from the Los Angeles Times' political columnist. "So Big Brother, what's next?" wrote George Skelton. "A surtax...
...reason why we put up with Clinton: the right-wing radio wackos. We deplore what Clinton did, but when we hear the hatemongers on the radio, we know that Clinton's survival is better for America than success for the Clinton bashers! The Rush Limbaugh imitators are actually helping prop up a flawed President. RICHARD J. ORLOSKI Allentown...
...sorely needed. To make matters worse, Malaysia looks ready to use its controls to ease pressure on Mahathir's debt-ridden cronies instead of attempting to fix its shattered economy. Meanwhile, Hong Kong authorities find themselves stuck with $15 billion worth of stock that they purchased in August to prop up the market. Selling the shares now would drive down prices...
...Kathleen Battle, feeling chilly in a limo in Los Angeles, is said to have telephoned her manager in New York City and ordered him to call her driver to ask him to turn down the air conditioning. A nervous Deborah Voigt, waiting backstage for her entrance, absentmindedly ate a prop chicken. Opera buffs will munch happily too on these nuggets...