To shore up votes for Kadima and Labor, the media had to swallow their pacifist pride and rally around the flag.

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Companies have been cutting costs by introducing labor-saving technologies and by moving off-shore.

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In fact, hiking the current levy on payrolls to shore up Social Security and Medicare would have the perverse effect of weakening the economy by raising the cost of labor and reducing the rewards of productive work.

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