| Taxes, school vouchers and more township authority
Thinking Right's weekend free-for-all. Pick a topic: • Gov. Sonny Perdue in his State of the State proposes eliminating the state's portion of local property taxes. That's a quarter mill, which would amount to about $30 for most homeowners. Do it. It's a nothing tax that never should have been imposed. Then morph the GREAT plan into elimination of property taxes on vehicles — and get back to using the income tax as the vehicle for tax relief. Reward people for working. • The governor also proposes, again, to increase speeding fines to help pay for a statewide trauma network. Fee-and-spend Republicans, tax-and-spend Democrats same-same. Fees not directly flowing from the service being provided are really taxes. They never go away. Examples are add-on fees used to fund second and third retirement systems for some county officials, like sheriffs.
Opinion: Conveyor-belt cardiology puts profits first
All were treated with heart medicines to control their cholesterol and blood pressure and minimize blood clots and were counseled to diet, exercise and quit smoking. Half of the participants also were assigned to get angioplasty. After four and a half years there were slightly more deaths and heart attacks in the group that got angioplasty. Interestingly, the U.S. Veteran's Administration and the Canadian Health Service — organizations interested in providing the best, but not necessarily the most costly care — funded the research. So far the impact of this powerful evidence on medical care has been minimal. .
MGT Capital Investments to Present at Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw ...
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (AMEX: MGT) , a holding company focused on the Healthcare Information Technology sector, announced today that it plans to present at the Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference at the New York Palace Hotel, in New York City on Wednesday, November 7, at 10:10 a.m. ET. Tim Paterson-Brown, Chairman and CEO of MGT Capital Investments, Inc., will provide an overview of the business and financial highlights. To access the live Webcast, visit http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rrshq12/mgt. About MGT Capital Investments, Inc. MGT Capital Investments, Inc is a holding company that focuses on investments in the global healthcare information technology market.
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