ECONOMY AND TAXES -- Favors mandating lower utility rates, greater tax credits for investment in research, and large-scale government investment in training adults for high-tech jobs.
As many behavioral economists do, Dr. Ubel favors "mandating better information about financial transactions," like adjustable-rate mortgages and rent-to-own deals that often end up costing much more than if the item was bought outright.
Some directors favored mandating a 15% cut in usage for all customers, while others want to impose higher rates for excessive consumption.
Some of the board members who voted in favor of mandating the teaching of intelligent design in Dover admitted to having no definition of what, exactly, it is.
Two years ago, he was the only trustee voting in favor of mandating a Bible-as-literature elective course in the district curriculum.
The reason: The CBO's methodology, which favors mandates over choice and competition, is fundamentally flawed.
Even Mr. Thompson, who is hardly competing in New Hampshire, tangled with Mr. Romney over his health care plan in Massachusetts, charging that he favored mandates in his own state.
But that may not be so easy to accomplish in New York, where last year a bill favored by the State Office of Court Administration mandating parental education passed the State Senate.
The current power structure favors the Power Five conferences, mandating that only the top Group of Five team is guaranteed an invitation to one of the prestigious New Year's Six bowl games.
Similarly, only the state can control zoning laws that would restrict some restaurants and favor others or mandate labeling of seeds that would force what proponents of the bill call "an organic agenda".
