NCPA - Daily Policy Digest Monday, October 20, 2003

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Daily Policy Digest
Monday, October 20, 2003

	Interest rates will rise, says Bruce Bartlett -- but not due to budget deficits....
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

	High taxes shorten the average European work week, say economists....
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS/WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Lieberman's tax plan would clobber small businesses, say critics....
WASHINGTON TIMES

	Three of four children born to unmarried couples see them split up before age 16, according to the National Marriage Project....
USA TODAY

	Gun bans weren't found to reduce violence, say researchers....
U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

	Premium costs increased more slowly for some companies with consumer directed health care plans....
CONSUMER DRIVEN HEALTHCARE

	Internet tobacco sales to minors are easy and unregulated, say experts....
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

	A recent Washington Post poll found 54 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the health care system. This proportion would likely fall if more Americans were able to control their own health care dollars. For research on letting consumer control more of their own care, Click here for more.

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