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  • Obama Calls for Windfall Profits Tax, 'Emergency' Energy Rebate (Naked Socialism)

    08/01/2008 10:20:34 AM PDT · by kristinn · 19 replies · 105+ views
    CNN ^ | Friday, August 1, 2008 | Rebecca Sinderbrand
    Barack Obama said Friday that a windfall profits tax should be imposed on the oil industry to subsidize a $1,000 "emergency" rebate for consumers struggling with surging gas prices. The rebates had already been announced as part of his tax relief proposal, but the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said the release of a disappointing jobs report Friday called for the immediate adoption of the plan, which he said would provide a rebate that would “be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next four months." Obama and John McCain reacted to the latest...
  • Parents in Parsippany vent anger [forced busing of wealthier kids]

    05/23/2003 6:01:41 AM PDT · by shhrubbery! · 23 replies · 321+ views
    Daily Record (New Jersey) ^ | 5/23/03 | Minauti Davé
    <p>PARSIPPANY -- Angry parents gathered Thursday night to object to the school district's plan to funnel about 215 students into a newly reopened Lake Hiawatha School in September.</p> <p>The move, which was expected to be approved by the school board in an effort to address overcrowding issues, would affect four current township elementary schools -- Knollwood, Northvail, Rockaway Meadow and Troy Hills. All are less than two miles from Lake Hiawatha School.</p>