11. The administration, for example, opposes caps in growth in Medicare spending and the budget mechanism designed to enforce them. 12. The caps are bitterly opposed by travel agents, who say lost jobs and reduced earnings will result. 13. The leaders also opposed any caps on punitive damages. 14. The players oppose a cap because they believe it would artificially lower salaries, undermine free agency and weaken competitive balance. 15. Bush opposes price caps and says the state should focus on building more power plants and conservation. 16. Bush opposes caps on wholesale electricity that utilities buy, arguing they do nothing to address supply and demand issues at the heart of the crisis. 17. Bush opposes price caps, favoring conservation and building more power plants. 18. Energy suppliers, who have been raking in record profits, fiercely oppose price caps. 19. Farms in the South, for example, tend to be relatively large and oppose payment caps that have backing in the Midwest. 20. He strongly opposes price caps, however. |