With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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How Much Inequality Is Needed to Support a Strong Economy? :: There's plenty of self-interest on display in the debate on inequality, but behavioral and experimental economic studies and other inquiries into the topic show that there's more to the issue than meets the eye.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
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Michael Vick to be Benched by Andy Reid and Eagles [Report] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Just 14 months after Michael Vick signed a $100 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagleds, it looks like the quarterback is done as the team's starter.</p><p>Howard Eskin of FOX 29 and WIP Radio in Philadelphia reports that Andy Reid will likely make a change at quarterback. The head coach met with his coaches on Sunday, after the Eagles loss to the Falcons, and will do so again on Monday. Rookie Nick Foles would get the starting job.</p></div></div></div>
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How Frankenstorm Could Sway The Election :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>For all the time and resources both presidential campaigns are investing in sophisticated efforts to target and turn out voters, the outcome of Election Day often comes down to something more elemental.</p><p>In any election, polls reflecting a candidate's level of support tell only part of the story. Much also depends on how successful campaigns are in motivating voters to actually make it to the polls -- President Obama's commanding lead among Latinos, for example, will mean little if those voters stay home.</p></div></div></div>
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