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21st November, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘taxes’

Fact Checking John McCain

By Denis Campbell • Oct 17th, 2008 • Category: Features
 
McCain misstatements from the last debate:
• Governor Palin a Bresh of freth air.
• Calling Obama ‘Senator Government’.
• Saying Obama voted for Supreme Court Justice Bryer even though he was confirmed 10 years ago, before Obama was in the Senate.
• Promise he would fight for a line-item veto, which was ruled unconstitutional in 1998.
• Hitching onto [...]


Lorry Drivers Go-Slow During PMQ’s

By Denis Campbell • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics
Diesel fuel averages £1.32 per litre in the UK or $10.11 per gallon. Since truck stop pumps dispense fuel at a rate of 120 litres a minute, 1,000 litres on average per tank means $2,600+ per. A huge percentage of the increase is in the form of taxes and thus truckers want Whitehall to do [...]