What Did We Learn From the Obama Infomercial?
Region: United States
33 million people watched Senator Obama’s half-hour sales pitch, according to Nielsen Media Research. In contrast, the Philadelphia-Tampa Bay World Series was the least watched in television history. Ther... more
Views: 1261McCain and Obama and American Socialism: It’s The Economy, Comrade!
Region: United StatesScrap any political party affiliation: both presidential nominees unveiled socialist agendas at last night’s presidential debate. This is what it has come to. John McCain spoke about f... more
Views: 1550Indian Economy is Upbeat With Higher Tax Collections in First Quarter
Region: IndiaIn spite of inflationary pressures, the Direct Tax Collection (DTC) has registered a robust growth of 38.61% in the April-June period of this Financial Year (2008-2009), as per a finance ministry release. In absolute terms... more
Views: 1336Fiji Government Raises Income Tax Threshold, Lowers Trade Duties
Region: FijiActing Finance Minister Filipe Bole of Fiji's interim government has announced that his Department has raised the nation's minimum income tax threshold from $9000 to $15,000 (U.S.), a move which is getting mixed reactions ... more
Views: 2607Japan: Return of the Gas Tax
Region: Japan
- by Chris Salzberg Japan's “temporary” gasoline tax [ja] of 25 yen per liter of gas, extended for over 30 years and funding some 5000 road construction programs, has been re-ins... more
Views: 2558McCain’s Health Care Plan: Increases Taxes, Decreases Coverage
Region: Florida
by Seth Michaels, Apr 29, 2008 Today in Tampa, Fla., Sen. John McCain gave an... more
Views: 1182A Little Led Zeppelin Story
Region: Pennsylvania
By now, we all know that the news continues to be saturated with talk of the latest Barry Hussein Obama meltdown--the ABC debate in Philadelphia at which, when questioned by Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous about h... more
Views: 2495RUSI Reveals that Uncontrolled Climate Change Worse than World Wars
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
"In the next decades, climate change will drive as significant a change in the strategic security environment as the end of the Cold War...If uncontrolled, climate change will have security implications of similar magnitud... more
Views: 1781Don’t Believe Wall Street Hype About Social Security
Region: United States
by Mike Hall Earlier this week, the Social Security Board of Trustees released the 65th annual report on the program’s financial status. And on cue, the Bush administration and the Wall Street-knows-be... more
Views: 1295Gas Prices Force Tough Choice on Schools: Buses or Teachers?
Region: United States
Posted by Anne Szustek to FindingDulcinea Record fuel prices are breaking school districts’ budgets, making them choose between trimming student bus routes and cutting other programs and services. The average price... more
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