October 27, 2009 4:31PM 

# Tuesday Links 

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- [Dear members of Congress](http://bit.ly/1fmGnr%20): If you’re not going to read the bills you pass, at least read the Constitution. Don’t fret; it’s short and written in plain English.

- Richard Rahn: [Pay members of Congress more](http://bit.ly/2hWwY9). (Or less, depending on their performance.)

- NYC: “[The city that never smokes.](http://bit.ly/aK9wa)” A proposal to ban lighting up in New York’s parks has exposed the puritanical agenda behind the crusade against smoking.

- [Tyler Cowen](http://bit.ly/3Vk2is): With health care costs high and rising, government mandates to buy insurance would make many people worse off.

- Podcast: “[Pay Czar Cuts Checks](http://bit.ly/1RnXO)”

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