Jump-starting middle-class tax reform in the Senate
Senators Grassley Baucus Kyl Wyden lead a bipartisan push to reform the alternative minimum tax arguing it now hits middle class families. The plan would reduce the AMT’s reach by 2010 and shift the fiscal impact while maintaining tax fairness against affluent shelters.
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U.S. Senate
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Senate Finance Committee
Max Baucus
Montana
John Kyl
Rariz
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Opti
IRS
Joint Committee On Taxation
Grassley
Residents seek school district relief over boundary error
Tim and Kathy Patterson and Yvette Moffitt urge Cedar Rapids officials and the College Community School District to resolve a long standing boundary mix up that could force families to change districts. They emphasize homeowners chose districts for their schools and deserve to remain in their original district.
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College Community
Tim
Kathy Patterson
Cedar Rapids
Ethanol gains respectability amid politics and profits
The Washington Post editorial argues ethanol shifted from a controversial fuel to a respectable industry due to corn growth efficiency and cheaper costs. It notes ARGO Argonne Laboratory findings, argues against subsidies, and criticizes energy policy as pork driven amid Brazil and domestic production.
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U.S
Argonne National Laboratory
Illinois
Congress
Freedom of choice in school district boundary dispute
Property owners in Banar Subdivision Cedar Rapids protest Linn County Auditor's boundary error. They stress their right to choose the College Community School District for purchasing land and building a home, urging acknowledgement of their decision.
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Linn County Auditor’s Office
Banar
Cedar Rapids
College Community School District
Parents seek to keep children in College Community school district
A Cedar Rapids familyasks school districts to broker an agreement to keep developed residential areas in the College Community district after a district boundary error. They emphasize their daughters are College Community School students and urge protection of their educational path and voting representation.
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Cedar Rapids
Banar Addition
College Community
College Community School
College
Growth at Any Cost Cited as Threat to Quality of Life
Rob Johnson argues that relentless economic growth harms the earth and society. He says estate taxes target wealth concentration but the core danger is endless consumption driving environmental destruction and degraded life quality. He warns conservatives push a model that damages civilization.
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the Gazette
Rob Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Hypocrisy rules Cuba U S clash over terrorists and fighters
The piece contrasts Luis Posada Carriles and Joanne Chesimard as targets of U S and Cuban politicking. It notes Posada’s 1976 Cubana bombing links and 1997 Havana hotel bomb death, Chesimard’s 1973 trooper killing and exile in Havana, and Fidel Castro’s ongoing duel with George W. Bush amid debates on international courts and justice.
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Luis Posada Carriles
CIA
Venezuela
Cubana Airlines
Havana
Joanne Chesimard
Black Liberation Army
New Jersey
Werner Foerster
Bush Administration
Homeland Security
Posada
Chesimard
Bush
Florida
Cuba
U.S
International Criminal Court
Castro
International Court
Fidel Castro
Hugo Chavez
Dole
Florida Strait
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Doug Neumann
Dave Storey
Kim Hefley
Peg Schmitz
Scott Swenson
Brat Taper Bowes
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