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		<title>60% of Americans Want Across-the-Board Spending Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Surber of DailyMail reports that 60% of Americans want to see accross the board spending cuts: One good thing about overspending by $4 trillion since Barack Obama become president: It eliminated all the sacred cows. An overwhelming majority not seen in 39 years wants every federal government program to have its budget cut. Every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>71% of Americans Think Private Sector is More Competent than Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The left loves to trot out polls that suggest that most Americans want the rich pay more taxes. Their hopes are, of course, that people will conflate these results and conclude that most Americans favor big government over the private sector. Nothing could be further from the truth. Emily Ekins of Cato @ Liberty has published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: What to do About the Deficit Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the Solution to the Deficit Crisis? Raise taxes on the rich Make across-the-board spending cuts Make spending cuts to entitlement programs only Raises taxes on the rich and cut spending Punt   Bookmark &#038; Share:]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Bracketology and Tax Madness</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/03/14/tax-madness-all-time-greatest-code-section/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Syracuse tax professor Robert Nassau has published in PDF a cool NCAA-like bracket of IRS concepts. Check it out.   I must take mild exception, however, to his claim that this is the first ever bracket of tax sections.   Here&#8217;s a blog post I published in 2009:   TAX MADNESS All Time Greatest Code [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Opinion Polls and the Tax Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often disagree with Derek Thompson of The Atlantic, but when he writes in 66% of Americans Want Higher Taxes on Rich, But there&#8217;s a Catch about the dangers of relying on public opinion polls he is right on target: Two-thirds of Americans support keeping the Bush tax cuts only for families earning less than $250,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Favorite Tax Blogs: The Results are In</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone got votes and, to be sure, each of the ten tax blogs nominated offers something unique and different from the others. There&#8217;s a place for everyone. So, without further ado, here are your 4 favorite tax blogs: 4. Linda Beale of ataxingmatter &#8211; 4% 3. Kay Bell of Don&#8217;t Mess With Taxes and Kelly Phillips Erb the Tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Poll: Your Favorite Tax Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/12/09/online-poll-your-favorite-tax-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<title>Education Tax Credits Favored Over Vouchers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Schaeffer of the Cato Institute reports about a poll from Education Next that says Americans overwhelmingly support education tax credits over private school vouchers: In the nationally representative sample, support for credits is about 50 percent higher than for vouchers. And opposition to credits is more than 50 percent lower. And among public school teachers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harris Poll: Accountants&#8217; Prestige Falls, Lawyers&#8217; Prestige Rises</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/09/02/9353/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Telberg of CPA Trendlines has an interesting article about a Harris interactive poll that says that only 11% of adults consider accountants to have great prestige. The poll was conducted over the telephone and participants were asked by the pollers to answer this question: I am going to read off a number of different occupations. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Tax Poll: Will President Obama Raise Taxes on the Middle Class?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/08/28/online-poll-will-president-obama-raise-taxes-on-the-middle-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has promised that he will not raise taxes on the middle class, yet several economists, including two members of his own cabinet, have suggested that the promise might not be kept. Please vote and tell us what you think he&#8217;ll do. Will President Obama and the Democrats Raise Taxes on the Middle Class? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One More Week Left to Vote: Is Media Doing a Good Job In Covering Obama Economic Plan?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/04/19/one-more-week-left-to-vote-is-media-doing-a-good-job-in-covering-obama-economic-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be heard. Please vote in our unscientific little poll and tell us why you voted the way you did. Has the media done its job in covering Obama&#8217;s economic policies? Yes No Somewhat Who&#8217;s Obama? � Bookmark &#038; Share:]]></description>
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		<title>Online Poll: Is the Media Doing Its Job in Covering President Obama&#8217;s Handling of the Economy?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/04/13/online-poll-is-the-media-doing-its-job-in-covering-the-obamas-handling-of-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media came under severe criticism for it&#8217;s handling of the Bush administration&#8217;s build up to the Iraq war. Many people believe had it done a better job, the war might have been prevented. President Obama and Congress are pushing through the largest stimulus spending bills in American history. Do you think the media is doing it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIG Bonus Poll: Who&#8217;s Qualifed to Decide How Bailout Dough is Spent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all of this amazing angst over the AIG bonuses I thought it would be interesting to see what people think about who is best qualified to make decisions about the expenditure of AIG bailout funds. Please take a minute to vote and leave a comment. I will post the results here one week from [...]]]></description>
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