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		<title><![CDATA[Taxpayers are NOT bailing out Ford Motor, or are we?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers are NOT bailing out Ford Motor, or are we?Not quite the sameSo, Ford presents a plan to develop and implement new technology in their vehicles to improve efficiency and competitiveness, thereby securing a loan from the DOE.GM goes to Washington, along with the UAW, and begs for money to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Student free speech vs. taxpayer rights]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student free speech vs. taxpayer rightsThere are several issues at work hereFirst, the philosophy that all ideas have equal merit. It isn't true. A film that labels itself XXX (the MPAA doesn't give XXX ratings; it's done for promotional purposes by the movie maker) has zero merit. There is no...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should health care rationing be binary or analog?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should health care rationing be binary or analog?Who pays for healthcare???.Who is really paying health insurance aka disease care in America.Folks lets check the facts and do the math and you will find it is us the taxpayer paying 100% of it all.1. The "Private Sector" as the republicans so...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hollywood preps new copyright bills]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood preps new copyright billsMy favorite part... is the civil forfeiture.  This gets completely around the whole business of proving that a user actually committed copyright infringement and goes straight for the router, computer, etc. presumptively involved.Our County Sheriff and Prosecutor have been funding a lot of their operations...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Text messages bust mayor for adultery, perjury]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text messages bust mayor for adultery, perjuryTech TalkIt is amazing how just some people still don't get the point. Technology is here and here to stay. In your face, in your pocket, in your "hands".Duh!RE: Text messages bust mayor for adultery, perjuryIt is ludicrous to permit the civil lawsuit against...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thank you, taxpayer, for building my new nuc]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-13603-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=39567&messageID=727997&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you, taxpayer, for building my new nucEvery man, woman, child for himselfThe nuclear renaissance reminds me of the Titanic; all the media was saying how unsinkable the ship was, then it sank!So far I've read the argument by both sides of the issue: safety , terrorist threats, nuclear proliferation,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Changing the way we find, reference, and talk about the law]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changing the way we find, reference, and talk about the lawSaying it doesn't make it so...If Mr. Malamud is responsible for prodding the SEC into developing EDGAR for the American people, I give him great respect and admiration. We use it several times a day and so do many investors.But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On tax day, phishers rush to scam filers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2212]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Eristoff, commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, received an email on his government computer recently. It was a phishing email, telling him that the IRS needed his personal information in order to process his tax refund. CNN reports: "It's a reflection of how brazen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:50:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senators pushing for free electronic filing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do you have to pay for tax preparation software or use a tax preparer in order to file your return electronically? "All the forms and instructions are free, so why do we force taxpayers to pay a preparer or buy software to file electronically?" Sen. Baucus asked in a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:38:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IRS gets high mark for tax-time website]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this is the new IRS. The agency that for years acted like it was taxpayers' problem to deal with the agency's bureaucracy now runs a website getting high marks for customer satisfaction. In the University of Michigan's quarterly customer satisfaction index, IRS.gov scored 73 out of 100, five points...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:19:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Privacy groups attack IRS rules on sale of tax data]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2141]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Privacy advocates are taking aim at recently revealed IRS rules on the sale of tax information, the Washington Post reports.   The proposal, issued in December, was billed by the IRS as improving privacy protections for taxpayers, detailing the steps for getting permission to use the information. But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:59:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Have you heard the one about the $200B hole in taxpayers' pockets?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=17557&messageID=345587&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard the one about the $200B hole in taxpayers' pockets?I have your answer!!Ummm, no one really.  Well that isn't true, but who is going to be honest enough to say they got a piece of that $200 billion to not look very close???Tax Cuts given to Corporations...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Verizon sends me rebuttal to charges by Wireless Philadelphia's Neff]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verizon sends me rebuttal to charges by Wireless Philadelphia's NeffWe're blowing it.I hope Philly gets Earthlink on the scene and more cities follow.  We have no real competition in this country.  We're, what, 16th globally for high-speed access?  Other countries are blowing us away in connection speed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[City's fiber project goes to a vote]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[City's fiber project goes to a votelocal rightsif the citizens of a community want to take the risk of creating a network, then why shouldn't they be given the opportunity. The federal government needs to "step away from the car". As long as access is not limited by local governments...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New tax for broadband customers?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New tax for broadband customers?Waiter...Check Please!Who's being left out?My parents, living in rural Pennsylvania, where the dairy cows outnumber the residents, had both DSL and cable broadband available to them a full year before I had cable broadband available to me in a suburb of a 100K person city. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Philly, Verizon reach accord on city Wi-Fi plan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philly, Verizon reach accord on city Wi-Fi planWhat should taxpayer's money be used forWhat should taxpayer's money be used for if not to help taxpayers? I don't know much about the Chicago-based Heartland Institute but my guess is that it's major function is to help support big business. So surprise!...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:07:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[S.F. mayor: A wireless click in every port]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[S.F. mayor: A wireless click in every portIt ain't freeThe bloody taxpayers are going to pay for the service through taxes.NPR storyHeard a story about the Wi-fi at the SF ballpark (whatever it's called now...it'll always be Candlestick) on NPR a few weeks ago.  Their funny take on it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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