<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Spitzer wants N.Y. to tax illegal drugs : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>51333</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51333/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Spitzer wants N.Y. to tax illegal drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you can't beat it, tax it.<br/><br/>In New York, Spitzer proposed the drug tax in his 2008-09 budget as a way to deal with a projected shortfall, and in a memo said taxing drug dealers would raise $13 million in the coming fiscal year. The governor's office said the bill would contain strict secrecy requirements, so drug dealers who paid their taxes would not be incriminating themselves.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>173</score><crdate>2/19/2008 10:25:40 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-19T22:25:40+01:00</atomdate></link><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/plime-com/l/51333/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (6)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/plime-com/l/51333-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/plime-com/l/51333-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/plime-com/l/51333-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (3)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/plime-com/l/51333/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><comment><id>206401</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51333/1/xml_widget.rss#q7</url><title><![CDATA[DoRk @ 2/20/2008 11:07:16 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[So wouldn't taxing illegal drugs make them legal,<br/><br/>and if they were legal they wouldnt be taxed. <br/><br/>A paradox I say.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/20/2008 11:07:16 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-20T11:07:16+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>206327</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51333/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[doggylives @ 2/20/2008 6:56:46 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Changed the avatar Germz, hope ya don't mind. Spitzer only had half a face in the original :)]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/20/2008 6:56:46 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-20T06:56:46+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>206315</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51333/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[tdiggity @ 2/20/2008 5:50:47 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[That's it!! I've figured it out.<br/><br/>Ima run for prez on the ticket that I will legalize drugs and scientology and tax the Xenu out of both of them!!!<br/><br/>NO MORE U.S. DEBT!! WOOOOO!!!<br/><br/><br/>(PS - omfg my comp is saying that scientology not capitalized is a mispell... They've invaded Mozilla, God help us all.......)]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/20/2008 5:50:47 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-20T05:50:47+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>206313</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51333/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[trushafty38 @ 2/20/2008 5:26:32 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[yeah because new york doesnt have ENOUGH problems.<br/><br/><br/>and drug dealers paying taxes? silly<br/><br/><br/>almost as silly as churches paying taxes]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/20/2008 5:26:32 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-20T05:26:32+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>206283</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51333/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[deepchill @ 2/20/2008 3:21:32 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[...<br/><br/>/edit for the sake of Plime being slow occasionally, there should be an option to delete upintentional posts that occur from impatient clicking...]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/20/2008 3:21:32 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-20T03:21:32+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>206282</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51333/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[deepchill @ 2/20/2008 3:21:11 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads as follows:<br/><br/>&quot;No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; <b>nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb</b>; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.&quot;]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/20/2008 3:21:11 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-20T03:21:11+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>