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Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...


No jobs, no insurance: hard times for young adults (AP)

No jobs, no insurance: hard times for young adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

(AP) -- Emily Weinstein graduated from college into an economic meltdown, and as a self-employed jewelry maker she'll be lucky to bring in $16,000 this year.


Fix is hard for Medicare, Social Security finances (AP)

Fix is hard for Medicare, Social Security finances

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 5

(AP) -- There is no easy fix.


Tax health care to pay for health care?

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Most people with job-based health insurance don't think of their benefits as a form of income. But Uncle Sam might just change that.


Raising alcohol taxes reduces deaths

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Raising taxes on beer, wine and liquor immediately reduces the number of deaths from alcohol-related diseases such as liver disease, oral or breast cancers, and alcohol poisoning, according to a new study published in the ...