The "Earmarks & Skidmarks" Edition
The Promised Podcast
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Death Taxes and Traffic
The government is set to approve a new congestion tax this week as part of the budget approval process. People commuting by cars into telavive during morning rush hour will have to pay between five and 25 new israeli shekels. Advocates of the plan say it'll do a bunch of good things, including increasing ridership of public transportation. Critics of the scheme say that the scheme has lots of losers, though,. sever pluzker, writing in idiot, said, it's bound to deepen economic inequality.
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