AUSTIN — Government's not so bad when it's just deciding on those special-interest fights — some titanic clash for turf between doctors and chiropractors or AT&T vs. Southwestern Bell. True, the side that makes the biggest political contributions almost always wins, so the rest of us frequently end up paying higher prices for whatever it is, but at least we're only getting shot down indirectly.

What's really sickening is when it's a choice involving our health, our air ...

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