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Bushs ownership society: No taxes for owners, only workers
September 24, 2004“When you hear them say, tax the rich, be careful,” warned George W. Bush in a speech Sept. 16. “The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason, because they don’t want to pay. And you...
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International notes
September 24, 2004Okinawa: Demonstrators protest copter crash A Sept. 12 demonstration brought some 30,000 protesters into the streets, a month after a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed into a building at Okinawa State University. It was the prefecture’s largest...
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National Clips
September 24, 2004WASHINGTON: Bush threatens veto of overtime protection With the stroke of a pen, Bush robbed 6 million workers of overtime pay, Aug. 23. But the Republican-controlled Congress, feeling the heat from the AFL-CIO and other organizations,...
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Northern California: Peace leader to be honored at banquet
September 24, 2004Honored at the Northern California Friends of the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo “Beat-Back-Bush” banquet Friday, Oct. 8, will be Fernando Suarez del Solar, a founding member of Military Families Speak Out whose son died in Iraq....
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Election boards swamped with new voter sign-ups
September 24, 2004Groups demand speedy action to protect vote The broad-based coalition seeking to defeat George W. Bush has registered millions of new voters and the flood continues, swamping state election boards even as deadlines near for signing...
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