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...Consulting firm McKinsey & Co estimates that the levy could raise as much as $1 billion a year, although Douste-Blazy cautions that it will take several years to reach that goal. He promises that administrative expenses will remain extremely light, especially by U.N. standards - less than 5% of the money raised...
...does take off, it will mark a comeback for Douste-Blazy, a medical doctor by training who received withering press at home during his brief stint as Foreign Minister from 2005 to 2007. It's no accident that he's a Frenchman: the French have for several years levied a compulsory tax on airline tickets to help fund development projects and have long sought to get others to join them, with mixed success. Brazil is one of only a few countries to have followed suit. Norway also taxes airline CO2 emissions and uses the receipts for overseas aid. (Read "France...
...already have such official taxes won't be included in the first phase of the voluntary contribution. If the initiative proves successful, though, expect it to expand. As for the size of the suggested contribution, Douste-Blazy says it was kept at a modest $2 so as not to take funds away from UNICEF and other aid organizations that rely on donations. If the initiative does take off, is there a risk that governments will view it as an excuse to spend even less on international aid? Douste-Blazy is firm: "It's an addition, not an alternative...
...Medicare Baucus has held down the fiscal impact of his legislation by proposing to cut a hefty $500 billion in Medicare costs. The bill claims to do this by trimming a lot of fat out of the system and setting up an independent, nonpartisan panel that will take away Congress's power to set Medicare payment policies and reimbursement rates. But, most controversially, the bill takes a big chunk of money from the Medicare Advantage program, which essentially subsidizes insurers. "We are committed to working with policymakers and stakeholders to find savings in the Medicare program, including Medicare Advantage...
...with Paris mushrooms, based on the Normandy sole first served in the 1830s on Rue Montorgeuil; his lamb chops Champvallon-style, said to have been created by a mistress of Louis XIV to seduce him; or his fricassee of Gâtinais chicken with artichoke and potatoes, a modern take on the dish served in 1790 at Le Cabaret du Père Lathuille, the establishment immortalized by Manet...