NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Wednesday, March 13, 2002

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Daily Policy Digest
Wednesday, March 13, 2002

	States will receive $20 billion less from tobacco companies due to falling cigarette consumption, says Bruce Bartlett, and they aren't happy about it....
NCPA

	Tax & interest rate cuts sparked economic revival, and economists predict a budget surplus by 2005....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	The "USA Freedom Corps" would turn volunteerism into a bureaucracy, critics warn....
CATO INSTITUTE/WASHINGTON TIMES

	The estate tax is a killer for spouses who aren't citizens, with assets above $1 million taxed at up to 50 percent....
FORBES

	'90s productivity gains were real, analysts say, averaging 2.2 percent annually since 1995....
FORTUNE

	Biotech foods can help consumers by improving yields, strengthening plants, and expanding growing areas....
INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS/CONSUMERS' RESEARCH

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