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This country prides itself on supporting the rights of all to express their opinions. A few lobbies at all levels of political correctness--the National Rifle Association, various environmentalists, tobacco producers, Emily's List, the NAACP--have the assets to jackhammer their ideas into the minds of congressional representatives every day. Yet many groups who most need their voices to be heard now are the least equipped to speak...
Also included in the plan is a tax on tobacco,one of the so-called "sin" taxes which wereexpected to be used to cover part of the cost ofthe new plan...
...page draft document detailing the scheme was leaked to the press late last week. The plan would cost the government $700 billion over the first five years and be funded in part by $105 billion in new taxes on large corporations as well as additional taxes on tobacco and alcohol. The White House will also seek $238 billion in Medicare and Medicaid savings. On Capitol Hill, the First Lady said the Administration was open to discuss changes in the plan, but not from "a standpat, negative, naysaying opposition...
...Administration plans some kind of publicity event on five of the six days after the conference, each probably featuring a horror story of inefficiency. Gore has compiled an extensive list, headed by the 10 pages of specifications for ashtrays -- or, as they are known to the government, "ash receivers, tobacco (desk type...
...Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc) have found yet another way in which smoking is harmful: smokers have a 50% greater chance of contracting deadly myeloid leukemia, which will afict 27,000 Americans this year. Tobacco smoke was determined to cause nearly 25% of all cases...