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However, there is a simple private-industry solution: Car-insurance companies could simply add a clause to deny coverage to customers if an accident occurs while the driver is using a cellphone.
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The Wall Street Journal has a chart showing that "state and local government workers" clearly do better that "private-industry workers."
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As a share of GSP, manufacturing was among the three largest private-industry sectors in all but ten states and the District of Columbia.
Michele Nash-Hoff: "Buy American" Is Smart, not Stupid Michele Nash-Hoff 2011
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There's also support of regulations on private-industry carbon emissions, which is positive for those of us who want to see action on coal-fired power plants.
Gallup poll: Americans favor more stimulus, partial health-care repeal 2010
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Government programs have to be competently run and prevent private-industry sharks from abusing them.
Robert Kuttner: Don't Blame the Dream of Home Ownership 2010
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Government programs have to be competently run and prevent private-industry sharks from abusing them.
Robert Kuttner: Don't Blame the Dream of Home Ownership 2010
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The average private-industry employee gets about $10,500 per year in benefits but federal employees receive a staggering $42,000 or more.
Broke Glenn Beck 2010
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Under the heading, "Don't ask the barber if you need a haircut," if we chose a health care system where private-industry is both the dog and the leash, we're destined to go wherever the dog wants.
Craig Bowron: Mammography Debate: Even Physicians Can Get Emotional About Science 2009
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That's higher than the average technology-industry salary ($58,000) and far beyond the average private-industry worker ($31,400), according to the Commerce Department.
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JOBS AND EDUCATONBush wants to unify 60 existing government job-training programs into a single national system tied to local private-industry councils.
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