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Headlines In The Year 2029
Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California
Spotted Owl plague threatens northwest united states crop and livestock.
Baby conceived naturally! Scientists stumped.
Iran still closed off. Physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
France pleads for global help after being taken over by Lichtenstein. No other country comes forward to help the beleaguered Nation.
Castro finally dies at the age of 112, Cuban cigars can now be imported legally. But Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.
George Z Bush says he will run for President in 2036.
Postal service raises prices of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.
An 85 year $75.8 billion study: Diet is the key to weight lose.
Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.
Global cooling blamed for citrus crop failure for third consecutive year in Mexifornia and Floruba.
Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut.
Abortion clinics now available in every high school in the United States.
Senate still blocking drilling in ANWR even though gas is selling for 4532 Pesos per litre and gas stations are only open on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The average height of NBA players is now nine feet seven inches.
New federal law requires all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters and rolled up newspapers must be registered by January 2030.
IRS sets a tax rate of 75%.
All the President’s Newsmen
With the proliferation of news on the Internet, Americans aren’t supporting their local newspapers. Circulation and ad revenues are way down, while web readership—where the news is likely to be free and up-to-the-minute—is way up. Technology has changed the game.
But for those who see a connection between American democracy and the demise of the newspaper industry, it’s time to get the government involved to save the news business.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has introduced the Newspaper Revitalization Act, a bill that would allow newspapers to operate as nonprofits and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) warns of the “serious consequences for our democracy” if his hometown paper, The Boston Globe, goes belly up. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has publicly argued for an antitrust exemption to save the San Francisco Chronicle, a paper that has long supported her political career. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) recently argued that “If Congress does not act…a major city in the United States will be without a newspaper in the fairly near future.”
Washington can give newspapers tax breaks or generous subsides to keep them afloat. There are many ways of extending the life of a terminally-ill by forcing onto life support. But why should the government support an industry that consumers are rejecting?
“Most of those supporting a newspaper bailout were also critical of the medias behavior in the run-up to the Iraq War,” says Reason senior editor Michael Moynihan. “Now imagine the reaction if the very same journalists wrote the very same stories about Iraq in 2002 but were reliant upon the Bush administration for their survival.”
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Correction: The dollar amount of proposed new French tax subsidies to newspapers is misstated. The correct amount is $800 million.
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