Making government work better.

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• A Brief History of Taxes Are tax cuts good (and tax hikes bad) for the economy? You sure can't prove it from the data.
  Jodie T. Allen Aug. 31, 1997
  
• Polar Politics Those cool Alaskans love their land--but not enough to pay for it.
  Jodie T. Allen Aug. 16, 1997
  
•   NAFTA Math The faulty arithmetic of job losses.
  Jodie T. Allen July 13, 1997
  
• Budget True and False Sorting out the balanced-budget deal.
  Jodie T. Allen June 1, 1997
  
• Budget Bunk Why did the newspapers of record hype the budget deal?
  Jodie T. Allen May 11, 1997
  
• Bringing Up Mother The problem with day care is parents.
  Jodie T. Allen April 12, 1997
  
• Welfare Scare Is the new welfare law really as cruel as they say?
  Jodie T. Allen March 9, 1997
  
• Yes, We Have No Physicians And we're selling them to Uncle Sam.
  Jodie T. Allen Feb. 23, 1997
  
• Defining Disaster Down Have we gotten soft--or just greedy?
  Jodie T. Allen Jan. 19, 1997