Last Updated: Oct 22, 2007
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Issue no. 808
Editorial
Editorial: The capitalists created the housing bubble, let them pay for it
Pages 2-3
Los Angeles: A dangerous transportation system
Ivory Coast: It’s not just the high cost of living, It’s the unequal distribution of wealth
The rich get richer even quicker
Maryland: Phony figures on taxes
Cities hit us with tax increases while businesses pay less
Official inflation statistics: bold-faced lies
Pages 4-5
2007 Auto Contracts: Solidarity is more than just a word
GM will expand overseas – with workers’ money!
Chrysler: A NO vote from the past
Pages 6-7
Detroit: Hardship tax breaks – stolen by the wealthy
Indict the Detroit School Board on Endangering Students!
Page 8
Will the Turkish military intervene in Iraq?
Maryland:
Phony figures on taxes
Oct 22, 2007
Maryland’s Governor O’Malley is claiming that his proposed tax changes will reduce taxes working people pay. But his figures don’t include the proposed increase in cigarette and gasoline taxes or motor vehicle registration fees.
If these taxes are included, many working people will end up paying a lot MORE taxes, not less.