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Officials hope tax 'reform' is now dead By: RICHARD ROTH 11/08/2005 HILLSDALE-The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, which was established in January 2005 to recommend options that would make the tax code simpler, fairer and more conducive to economic growth, issued its final report last week. Among the panels recommendations are a reduction in the deduction for mortgage interest, and the elimination of deductions for state and local taxes. But none of the area's representatives in Washington expect those recommendations to result in legislation. While they did not specifically address the mortgage interest deduction, both senators and both...

Chinese Concentration Camp Exports This November and December, as innocent children prepare to celebrate the winter holidays, Chinese sons and daughters slave under horrid conditions to provide cheap toys and presents. The stores are full of items from Chinese factories, and many of the gifts that you will buy for young boys and girls will have been made by slave labor in a concentration camp. The horrific truth behind the bright plastic and slick cardboard boxes can be found in an article titled "Where in China Are Your Dolls and Toys Made?" by Shizhong Chen. Chen makes it clear that...

A documentary by US film-maker Kelly Duda, has fresh evidence of Arkansas prison officials selling infected blood products collected from inmates with AIDS during the administration of former governor Bill Clinton. The film, titled “Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal,” will be shown at the American Film Institute Festival in Los Angeles on November 8. Duda spent almost ten years researching the story of the tragic blood policy in Arkansas’ prison system that led to thousands of hemophiliacs world-wide being infected with both AIDS and hepatitis. The contaminated blood was used to manufacture clotting agents for hemophiliacs and exported...