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...told the owners. Owners of the Chicago White Sox and Cubs, Florida, Kansas City and Montreal are known to oppose the agreement, with Boston, Cleveland, Houston, Minnesota and Seattle seen as leaning against the deal. Eight votes against will doom the deal. And that means more of the status quo: no revenue sharing and no luxury tax, both measures aimed at restraining salaries and closing the gap between richer and poorer teams. And for next year, a labor future that is highly dubious. May have questioned why acting Commissioner Bud Selig has not yet come out in favor...
...contrary to the prevailing antiestablishment rhetoric, the solution does not lie in a more intrusive, socialist government. The welfare state must collapse, and I believe it will in our lifetime. If you wish to smooth the transition from the doomed status quo to a time of true personal and economic freedom, vote for Harry Browne on the Libertarian ticket. --Abe Sutherland...
...shuns the confrontational G.O.P. style in favor of bipartisanship and doubts the value of the Republican flat tax and consumption-tax proposals. But he believes in giving states control of welfare and Medicaid. Running a safe campaign on the center right, Pease is favored to continue the Republican status quo in the conservative Seventh...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I don't think the status quo is sufficient. It is time to reinvent the way government operates and the role it plays...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "By inviting a woman into a state of perpetual dependency, the welfare status quo discourages women from developing characteristics such as self-confidence, assertiveness or salesmanship, which are so critical to finding work...