The events developing in the Arab world should be a major wake-up call for the US. ++ While Westerners have acted like the Middle East was a large gas station for years, this has to change. ++ A major gas tax will make the US more open to promote democracy in the region. ++ This attitude allowed the Arab world to fall behind, as the overlooked UN Arab Human Development Report warned of a
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President-elect Obama’s stimulus package, now roughly $800 billion, includes “politically expedient” tax cuts which “are widely recognized as packing very little bang for the buck” - $150 billion in business tax breaks and the promised tax cut for all families making $200,000 or less. ++ With a projected deficit of $1.2 trillion, a job loss rate of 510,000 per month and the ever increasing costs
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