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		<title>City dumps dog tax for yellow cards to deal with lazy owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<title>Should healthy people pay less for health insurance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should healthy people pay less for national health insurance than unhealthy people?]]></description>
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		<title>Employment counselors forced to sit on the other side of the window</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one area of employment public servants have it worse than private sector workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Local government attempts to make citizens rat on welfare recipients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pachinko]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welfare recipients made to feel guilty for guilty pleasures.]]></description>
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		<title>Court says railway can make patrons pay through the nose</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Railway patrons can now sue over fares, for what it's worth.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed inheritance tax exemption isn&#8217;t really about inheritance taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will old folks encouraged to think of their grandkids' education loosen their grip on unproductive savings?]]></description>
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		<title>Government says all single parents not created equal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A single mother finds that she doesn't qualify for a tax exemption because she was never married.]]></description>
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