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McCain's health proposal aims to tackle costs MarketWatch News Clipping By: Kristen Gerencher 4.3.2008 MarketWatch, April 3, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Given the amount of attention focused on the differences between the Democratic presidential candidates' health-care proposals, you might think presumed Republican nominee Sen. John McCain didn't have one of his own. But he does. As Democratic senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spar over whose proposal would cover more people, McCain has taken a different tack that's in line with a traditional Republican approach, experts say. He doesn't talk much about universal coverage. Instead, he's said he wants...

...The AG... says he is running for governor because New York is suffering a "crisis" and needs someone to address jobs, taxes and budgetary red ink.... His actions as attorney general have been one of the biggest job-killers in the state. ...The Pacific Research Institute examined state and regulatory regimes with an eye toward whether they attracted business investment or drove it away. New York was ranked dead last, right after California. In a study of the 200 largest metropolitan areas in terms of job-creation, New York ranked 169th. Matters were not improved this week when a gaggle of union-addled...

Retiring to the sofa after turkey dinner tomorrow, most Americans may feel they have little in common with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock. But one defining feature of 17th-century Americans remains: We still migrate for freedom. American mobility is legendary and the notion that it is driven by a desire for liberty is the basis for the methodology behind the Pacific Research Institute's U.S. Economic Freedom Index released last week. Kansas is America's freest state while New York -- home of the Statue of Liberty -- ranks at the bottom. The Index uses five categories -- fiscal, regulatory, judicial, government...