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| This Week's Pulse:October 1, 2008 ♦ ♦ Politicians and out of control spending: How are they wasting YOUR money now? It is a good idea to know how your tax money is spent by the government. After all, those thousands of dollars you give them each year, taken in the form of income tax, property tax, utility service taxes and surcharges, sales tax, luxery tax, sin tax, social security, medicare, and even the hidden gas tax is money out of your pocket during difficult times. The Average American's wallet is nothing less than gang-raped by the government, from local cities all the way up to D.C.. So take a look below to see how the money you could use to make your house payment, put gas in your car or give your children adequate healthcare is being spent, since politicians seem to think they can spend it better than you...
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