<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>'Millionaire's Tax' Could Fund NYC Mass Transit : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>'Millionaire's Tax' Could Fund NYC Mass Transit : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-30T03:12:39+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA['Millionaire's Tax' Could Fund NYC Mass Transit]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/57465/1/" /><id>57465</id><summary><![CDATA['Millionaire's Tax' Could Fund NYC Mass Transit]]></summary><issued>2008-04-08T21:38:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-08T21:38:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Under the plan, people who earn over $1 million in New York state will pay an income tax surcharge of about 3/4 of 1 percent for five years. In all, it would raise over $5 billion for mass transit.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Strange tales of mass hysteria]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/133319/1/" /><id>133319</id><summary><![CDATA[Outbreak! 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