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Majority say high-income earners should pay Soc. Sec. tax on all their wages and get lower benefits. Wealthier Americans should take the hit to bolster Social Security, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll conducted over the weekend and released Tuesday. More than two-thirds of 1,010 adults contacted between Feb. 4 and Feb. 6 said it would be a "good idea" to limit benefits for wealthier retirees and to make higher income workers pay Social Security taxes on all their wages. Meanwhile, 55 percent think President Bush's proposal to allow future wage-earners to invest some of their Social Security taxes...

AUSTIN TEXAS: People For Efficient Transportation PAC ENDORSEMENTS for Fall 2004 People For Efficient Transportation PAC is a nonpartisan grassroots organization dedicated to stop toll booths from being placed on our existing Central Texas highways. These candidates have made the strongest commitments to: „h Prohibit tolls from being placed on tax paid roads. „h Not allow toll roads, or toll lanes on our current highways. „h Implement strict conflict of interests/disclosure laws for MPO's and RMA's. „h Limit the financial access of special interests, so our representatives will represent the people. VOTE for these people to stop the Double Tax...

Remember the Boston Tea Party? Get ready for the AUSTIN TOLL PARTY. Bumper stickers in Austin read: "AustinTollParty.com Stop The Double Tax Toll Plan". A billboard near the 8th-street downtown exit from I-35 echos the theme. Go to website: http://www.austintollparty.com to get the details. There you will see a map outlining the plan to make all of Austin's EXISTING commuter highways part of a toll road system. The filthy rascals started building toll booths before the plan was "officially" approved by CAMPO. We have uncovered evidence of conflict of interest on part of some appointed politicans on the CAMPO board....

This summer, Americans continued to rack up highway miles. Even while higher gas prices raised vacationing and commuting costs, most drivers acted as though this was a temporary glitch, complacently looking forward to the return of reasonable prices. For decades, Americans have grown too accustomed to cheap gas, buying S.U.V.'s and V-8's, driving more and more miles per capita every year. We are now more dependent on imported oil than ever before. But is there any viable alternative? Our own history offers us a possible solution. Starting in 1916, the federal government dispensed millions of dollars in highway grants to...