NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Friday, November 22, 2002

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Daily Policy Digest
Friday, November 22, 2002

	6.6 million high-income Americans don't have health insurance, some by choice, others because they can't get or afford it....
USA TODAY

	New Yorkers produce less than half as much trash per person as in 1940, according to a new study....
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/NEW YORK TIMES

	Most high school teachers don't assign research papers that teach writing and organizational skills, says a new survey....
WASHINGTON TIMES

	Desalination has become a competitive option as fresh water supplies run short and technology improves....
USA TODAY

	Less than 0.02 federal workers were fired for poor performance last year, meaning most are set for life....
CATO INSTITUTE/INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

	Poor adults spend as much on state lottery tickets as higher income ones -- an average of $165 a year....
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