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		<title>Taxing Email is Useless</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/28/taxing-email-is-useless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derek Thompson at the Atlantic blog writes about a NY Times piece on taxing email. He&#8217;s not advocating it, or arguing against it but looking at the supposed benefits and negatives, and how it would likely increase instant messaging. What &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/28/taxing-email-is-useless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Party Turnout Totals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas leads the way with 18 protests and 64,000 attendees.]]></description>
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		<title>Sugarland Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/sugarland-tea-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live at the Sugarland tea party now. Yes I&#8217;m working harder than Washington already. Good number of people here. Hundreds maybe over 1000 if you count people that left earlier. Young republican head talking now after the railroad commish I &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/sugarland-tea-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Houston Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/houston-tea-party-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at the Houston tea party downtown right now. Over 1000 people easy (update: closer to 10,000). Definitely an experience. I can&#8217;t even get close enough to see the stage. Previous speaker was pretty good at firing up the crowd &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/houston-tea-party-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>List of All Tea Party Protests</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/list-of-all-tea-party-protests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pretty comprehensive list for Texas here. I roughly estimate around 64 protests planned for just Texas. You&#8217;ll note that other states are listed on the right. I&#8217;m closer to the Sugarland one and may check it out. I&#8217;m curious &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/list-of-all-tea-party-protests/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Tax Freedom Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/13/happy-tax-freedom-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the day that we have earned enough to pay its tax burden for the year. This year&#8217;s day comes earlier than last year, though this is due to recent stimulus effects. Before you start to celebrate though, Doug &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/13/happy-tax-freedom-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why the AIG Mess is Ignorant Populism of the Worst Kind</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/25/why-the-aig-mess-is-ignorant-populism-of-the-worst-kind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Greg Mankiw comes this letter by a Mr. Desantis published in the NYTimes. The government is spinelessly trying to punish the very people who&#8217;s help it most needs. It&#8217;s almost tragic really. I am proud of everything I have &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/25/why-the-aig-mess-is-ignorant-populism-of-the-worst-kind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Santelli just went off on Obama&#8217;s housing proposal live on CNBC from the commodities trading floor in Chicago. It&#8217;s now the headline on Drudge: VIDEO: &#8216;The government is promoting bad behavior&#8230; do we really want to subsidize the losers&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>David Cay Johnston Puts on his Bad Idea Jeans</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/23/david-cay-johnston-puts-on-his-bad-idea-jeans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Edit: Mr. Johnston graciously replies in the comments section. It seems the invasion was a bit of a modest proposal that I failed to pick up on. While there are things to disagree with in the rest of the article, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/23/david-cay-johnston-puts-on-his-bad-idea-jeans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtains</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/24/pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan Reynolds at Cato asks &#8220;How&#8217;s Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion?&#8221; Altogether, Mr. Obama is promising at least $4.3 trillion of increased spending and reduced tax revenue from 2009 to 2018 &#8212; roughly an extra $430 billion a year &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/24/pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtains/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Income Tax Becoming Too Progressive?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/21/is-income-tax-becoming-too-progressive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fewer and fewer people are paying income tax and even less will be with either candidates tax plan. I don&#8217;t think this would be such a problem if we didn&#8217;t have such high spending, growing entitlements, and if so many &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/21/is-income-tax-becoming-too-progressive/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hooray for Mental Health!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/hooray-for-mental-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you support the Paulson bailout plan that is. The New York Times has coverage. The Senate proposal would cost more than $100 billion and extend and expand many individual and business tax breaks, including tax credits for the production &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/hooray-for-mental-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lone accountant takes on IRS and wins</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/lone-accountant-takes-on-irs-and-wins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And millions of us may benefit. The dispute arose when more than 30 mutual life insurance companies became publicly traded corporations in the late 1990s and earlier this decade, in a process known as &#8220;demutualization.&#8221; Mutual companies are owned by &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/lone-accountant-takes-on-irs-and-wins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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