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Health care costs are out of control, and Daniel Akst says business should be worried. His solution: The government should stop helping businesses provide health insurance... and make everyone buy their own. Hm.

Edmund Andrews explains that the higher returns that would supposedly come with social security privatization would come with higher risks. Elsewhere, more unanswered questions about the idea.

A long piece on the plight of children in Africa, and a shorter one on the dangers of pregnancy there.

The U.S. and Europe are arguing about Iran, but at least we have no military options. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's seven-year drought continues.

On a mostly happier note, the rapid rise of agriculture in South America, especially Brazil.

Comments

[devronika.livejournal.com]

And now I hijack your relevant and well thought post with this:

This is random and completely irrelevant to your post here, BUT-
I posted a super-highly-filtered song post yesterday, and had every intention of including you (and some other relevant, but wrongly missed people) in the filter! Today I realize that lots of folks I wanted to share this with were NOT included, so I'm back-tracking to right the wrong!

http://www.livejournal.com/users/devronika/297918.html

Just an FYI.
I figured you might appreciate it, so I’m trying to make sure that all the “cool people” were clued in.
It’s rushed and not as polished and tweaked as I’d prefer, but what the hell?
It’s only ROCK, right?

Anyway ... Perhaps one day I'll learn how NOT to screw up a filter. I seem to do this regularly.

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[jfb.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was actually just looking for this--I saw in later comments that some people had heard it, and I was wondering if I missed the post. And then I figured it was probably filtered. Ayup.

[devronika.livejournal.com]

I'm a tool.

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