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To: LindyBill who wrote (90917)12/16/2004 11:00:35 AM
From: Lane3   of 793808
 
What made me groan was the reveal that the Republicans could not get 51 votes in the Senate for all of the tort reform Bush wants.

I don't know how important tort reform is. We discussed the subject a bit on this thread a couple of months ago and there were different opinions (for a change). My gut tells me that outrageous settlements are ruining us. But I can find no data on just how serious the problem really is. All these estimates are from models at least as squirrelly and biased as the global warming ones about which you are so outraged. I don't know of any data that we can trust. Plus my federalist streak questions how much of this the federal business. So I'm unpersuaded either way. Hopefully there will be some analysis and clarification of the issues before there's a vote. Fat chance!
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