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The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.
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				<title>Monkey See, Monkey Smoke? (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=14301</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It was Groucho Marx who once said, &#8216;Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies&#8217;. In that particular vein, let me remind you of The Four Truths of Plain Packaging &#8212; the four things that everyone &#x26;lsqu...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Sugar Taxes Are Unfair And Unhealthy (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=14238</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If the regulatory discussion about sugar is going to be based on science, rather than science fiction, it needs to move beyond kicking the soda can.

Conventional wisdom says draconian regulation&#8212;specifically, a high tax&#8212;on sugary drinks and snacks reduces unhealthy consumption, and th...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>A Safe Bet: Online Gambling's Good for U.S. (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=14168</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors just dealt consumer freedom a terrible hand, shutting down  the gambling website Bodog.com and indicting four company executives, including founder Calvin Ayre, for alleged illegal gambling that actually generated $100 million in customer winnings. Ironically the anti-Bodog crack...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Fearmongering Won't Make Us Healthier (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=14059</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A poster warning New York subway riders to avoid consuming too much sugary soda &#8212; by picturing a diabetic amputee &#8212; gained notoriety last week because, it turned out, the man pictured wasn't an amputee at all. He'd been photoshopped.

But the ad should have generated controversy for an...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Let the Boss Decide What to Do (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13893</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If the nation's public health mandate is to produce a significantly lower level of obesity in the near term, the use of discrimination by employers is a perfectly logical and defensible instrument to employ in such a war on fat. The painful and inconvenient truth is that any rapid reduction in the n...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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