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The Audacity of Contempt

By Robert Borosage
August 5, 2008

Take gas prices, the most pressing issue on the minds of Americans. Offer a blatant ploy that in fact won't help — but will profit Big Oil. Pocket over a million dollars in contributions from oil executives and use the money to put up an ad promising to take on Big Oil. Sen. John McCain seems intent on proving that it is possible to scorn Americans into voting for him.

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Voters are increasingly angry about an economy in which wages are flat and costs keep rising. Costs cause the most tension, especially health care. Even as the housing crisis was breaking, a Wall Street Journal poll of adults from July 2007 found that “the cost of health care” ranked as the biggest economic issue (44%), with “jobs going overseas” ranking second (34%). more »

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NBC News/Wall Street Journal, July 27-30, 2007 survey of adults. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ0707_poll.pdf Washington Post-ABC News Poll, survey of adults, January 9-12, 2008. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_011408.html
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Price of gas soaring!

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 11, 2008

The price of gas has nearly doubled. Families now spend an average of $1,652 a year more just to keep driving. It cost $30 to fill the tank of a pick-up when Bush took office; now it costs $60.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration, 11 February 2008. Available from: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mg_tt_usw.htm; “Behind the Numbers,” AAA, 2007 edition. Available from: http://gss.case.edu/RTAdocs/YourDrivingCosts2007.pdf; National Highway Safety Administration. Available from: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.43ac99aefa80569eea57529cdba046a0/
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