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...general, we levy taxes not to ease income inequality but to fund government. They haven't quite been doing the job lately: for the 2008 fiscal year, which ends in September, the government will probably spend $500 billion more than it takes in, a deficit of 3.5% of GDP. That should shrink when the economy starts growing again, but it's not going to disappear without either big cuts in spending or substantial tax increases...
...Democratic candidates say they'd let most of the Bush cuts expire. Both also want to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq - the cost of which has ballooned the Bush-era deficits - although extricating ourselves certainly won't be free either. On the other hand, both are itching to spend more on everything from increased college aid to better broadband connections...
...ever watched television, you've seen plenty of drug ads. They urge you to take Lunesta to get to sleep, Lyrica to battle aches and pains, Cymbalta when "depression hurts." And if the commercials seem more pervasive than ever, that's because they are. Drug makers spend nearly $5 billion a year to make sure you're hearing about their products - a sound investment considering that every $1,000 they spend translates to 24 new prescriptions, according to the House Commerce Committee. But as industry spending has soared, so has public scrutiny. Last week, at a day-long House subcommittee...
...actually breaking into the industry is easier, isn't it? KHOO: Because of technology, everything has changed. Anyone can be a filmmaker. All of our last three films were shot in high-definition video. It allows you to have more creative freedom. Some filmmakers would say you have to spend a certain amount of money in order for a film to go to a certain film festival. I disagree with that. It's really the conceptualization of an idea and how you execute that idea. You can do a film for $60,000 and still go and run that extra...
...outside Dujiangyan as it crumbled in the quake. Now they are living on a sidewalk underneath a large red, blue and white plastic tarp. These makeshift tents are everywhere in the city, used by people whose homes were destroyed or who are too scared of the regular aftershocks to spend a night in a building. "Nobody has been here to help us," Fu says...