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Related to yesterdays post regarding the gas tax holiday, where I stated
Both Clinton and McCain have it wrong, I imagine they contacted their campaign advisors rather than their economic advisors before suggesting its repeal.
Apparently it’s at least in part true. Over here I found

John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee who should know better, was [...]

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Why all the hoopla over the gas tax holiday? Both Clinton and McCain have it wrong, I imagine they contacted their campaign advisors rather than their economic advisors before suggesting its repeal. The numbers simply do not work out on the side of the consumer. The way I see it reducing gas prices by $0.184 [...]

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Here is the email I received today from Claire McCaskill regarding the FISA and telecom immunity. I contacted her a few weeks ago by phone and email. Below is my response, I hope making her and my emails public it will shed some more light on this issue.
Dear Mr. Williams:
Thank you for contacting me [...]

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In this article at the Washington Post they describe the experiences of a few travelers that have their laptops taken and they forced to type in their passwords so TSA/Customs could search for “information possibly tied to terrorism, narcotics smuggling, child pornography or other criminal activity”. The individuals in the article are rightfully concerned about [...]

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If you remember we had this whole scandal regarding the wiretapping of US citizens within our own borders. For one reason or another the case seemed to drop of the news radar, partially to legal delays and also because Miss America was caught being naughty. Regardless, those same news companies/organizations are arguing for the release [...]

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