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Income redistribution tradeoffs and how they impact you

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Sunday, November 21. 2010

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By William Beranek

Augusta Chronicle

Analysis of efforts to redistribute wealth and income through tax and regulatory policies reveal a surprising insight regarding current policies. It reinforces the belief that reducing current tax rates would provide strong incentives for more individual work, more risk-taking investments and, hence, enhanced employment.

ALL ARE AWARE OF the dictum that nature is unfair. Moreover, all recognize that talents, skills, IQs and genes are unevenly distributed. Yet no one has seriously proposed a breakthrough, human-genome study, which might lead to a more equitable distribution of talent.
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When families break down

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Monday, November 15. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

Imagine asking a young woman if she wants her children to do poorly in school. Or to go to prison. Or to use drugs. Or to live in poverty.

It's a good bet more than 70 percent of women and girls would say they don't want that for their children. [Full story »]

FNB failure a big blow

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Sunday, November 7. 2010

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By Walter Geiger

There have been so many bank failures in Georgia and elsewhere around the country in recent months that we all have become somewhat conditioned to them. But, when one of two banks in your hometown fails, the severity of the blow is so readily apparent – the aftershocks so intense – one worries for the future of the community and the entire country. [Full story »]

Stop the bleeding; save the patient

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Thursday, November 4. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

It's not just the number of promising young lawmakers and other new leaders elected Tuesday that is encouraging for the future of this country. It's also the apparent quality of them.

From the U.S. Senate to the U.S. House to hundreds of state offices across the country, it does appear as if, as Kennedy said in his inaugural address, "the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans."
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Price: Vote 'yes' on Amendment 2

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Saturday, October 30. 2010

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By Dr. Spencer Price

Death due to trauma is an ever present danger in our fast paced society. In fact, trauma is a leading cause of death in America in nearly every age group, especially adolescents, teens, and young adults. As if that isn’t scary enough, trauma-related death rates in Georgia are 20 percent higher than the national average. Part of the reason for this dangerous and deadly statistic is the fact that access to trauma care is severely limited for many Georgians.
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So, who will it be?

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Wednesday, October 27. 2010

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Either Republican Nathan Deal or Democrat Roy Barnes will be the next governor of Georgia. The race could be decided in the general election next Tuesday but a runoff is looking more and more likely.

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NPR unplugged

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Monday, October 25. 2010

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The Savannah Morning News

To be a news analyst at National Public Radio seems to require one to be free of any human foible or fear, and without the temerity to speak of a common trepidation in this post 9/11 world.

And, apparently, devoid of the clear-eyed realization that a substantial number of Muslim zealots (who are visually indistinguishable from moderate Muslims) seek to murder as many innocent Americans as possible.
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How does our garden grow?

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Tuesday, October 19. 2010

By K.W. Oxnard
Savannah Morning News

As teenagers, my cousin Virginia and I went out to Montana to work on a real cattle ranch for a few months. We slept in a little log cabin by a brook, awoke early, then saddled up for a long day driving the dogies into the Rocky Mountains.

Although we were too green to rope any steers, we did move salt blocks into the mountains and herded wayward calves back to the fold on our trusty Western horses. Mine, a strawberry roan named Spree, loved nothing better than to race across the high desert, the wind in her mane.
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University system has detractors on both sides of the illegal divide

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Saturday, October 16. 2010

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The Macon Telegraph

The state Board of Regents has dodged an illegal immigration bullet — for now. During its Wednesday meeting, the regents voted on recommendations not to allow illegal immigrants entry to the state’s public colleges and universities, but there is a big “if” included that has angered both proponents and opponents of the new directive. [Full story »]

NY gubernatorial candidate ripped as 'anti-gay'

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Monday, October 11. 2010

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino told Orthodox Jewish leaders on Sunday he doesn't want children "brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality" is acceptable. [Full story »]

One whale of a high school football game

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Sunday, October 10. 2010

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By Walter Geiger

The Pike County Pirates and the Lamar County Trojans laid it all on the line last Friday night at Trojan Field in one of the best high school football games played here in my 32 years on the sidelines.

The game had it all. [Full story »]

No job? We don't want you!

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Thursday, October 7. 2010

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By Cynthia Tucker
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

One of the odd facets of a strange political season has been conservatives’ insistence that the government shouldn’t lend assistance to struggling Americans who are out of work. [Full story »]

Parimutuel betting subject of Madison meeting

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Wednesday, October 6. 2010

The Morgan County Citizen

By Kathryn Schiliro

Around 50 people were present at Madison's Southern Cross Guest Ranch last Thursday to hear a presentation on the economic impact of horse racing in Georgia by Ed Gadrix, Atlanta-area attorney, Georgia Equine Education Project (GEEP) president and Bullet Breeze Racing Stable owner. [Full story »]

So. Let's sound off on sports

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Monday, October 4. 2010

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Here is a free-for-all posting opportunity on sports: Trojans, Pirates, Dogs, Jackets, Falcons, Braves - you name it!

My brief thoughts:

The Pirates and the Trojans will both make the playoffs. The competition there will be much tougher than it is in Region 4AA.
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Let’s not battle over Georgia’s Civil War tourism

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Friday, October 1. 2010

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Dr. W. Todd Groce
Georgia Historical Society president

The 150th anniversary of the Civil War begins in 2011, and already there has been criticism by some that Georgia is “a day late and a dollar short” when it comes to promoting it. The fact is, in the midst of a fiscal crisis, the state is making wise and timely use of limited funding to develop a unique CW150 program that will draw visitors from around the world to Georgia. [Full story »]