Their problems are much smaller by comparison, which suggests that any kind of program aimed at the broad middle is kind of missing the issue, and that we can design programs aimed just at this very small hardcore, are not going to have a much bigger effect.

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His is acute in pointing out that the debate over raising the consumption tax to fund old age social welfare programs is missing the critical issue which must be to restore economic growth.

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Even before the Etan Patz case, groups were working in the 1970s -- largely out of the spotlight -- on the issue of missing children.

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