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...very light jets - sometimes called microjets or "minivans with wings" - predict that this new class of aircraft will democratize private air travel on the Continent much as low-cost carriers opened up commercial aviation to the masses. Microjets start at $1.5 million, a fraction of the $8 million price tag of the cheapest business jets currently on the market. Thanks to their more efficient fuel use, very light jets will also cost some 50% less to fly, allowing air-taxi and corporate shuttle services to sell a seat on one for about the same price as a commercial business-class...
...midterm elections, for example, successful candidates for the House of Representatives raised an average of $1.3 million, while candidates elected to the Senate raised just under $9 million. With a projected price-tag of well over $1 billion for the 2008 presidential election, many wonder whether there is just too much money floating around in politics...
...bill would however, include other changes that could ease price pressures in the long run, especially for the poorest Americans. Here's how, according to the latest negotiations...
Food Stamps: Total funding for the program could increase by $8 billion over 10 years. The formula for determining per-family benefits would be tied directly to the consumer price index, meaning, essentially, that benefits would rise in step with the cost of living - a standard that has surpassed food-stamp payouts since 1996. The minimum monthly benefit of $10 per month, which hasn't been increased since 1997, would also climb and keep pace with inflation...
...palpable good that Wright has done his community, his parishioners have paid a subtle price, especially the younger, poorer, less educated ones. When he spreads canards like the one about the AIDS conspiracy, he is telling them that white power is so overwhelming that it's almost impossible to succeed. The success of Obama's candidacy sends the very opposite message, which may be why Wright is so threatened by it. If Obama wins the presidency-if we can break past the barrier of race-there won't be much of a market for oppression-thumping orators like Jeremiah Wright...