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...year fixed ones 'Eliminate the AMT, which the middle class was never intended to pay.' McCain wants to end the alternative minimum tax, which hit approximately 4 million taxpayers in 2006, up from 414,000 in 1995 NAFTA Should the trade pact be modified to add environmental and labor protections? Yes She says these protections should be enforced just like those dealing with commerce Yes A leaked memo implied his stance was "political maneuvering"; Obama denies the claim No Says open markets create economic opportunity UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Payrolls shrank by 63,000 in February. Should the jobless get more time...
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...Percentage of New York residents belonging to labor unions in 2007--the highest of any state...
Sources: AP; Mortgage Asset Research Institute; TIDES; AP; TNS Media Intelligence; BBC; EADS Astrium; Qantas; U.S. Dept. of Labor...
Boatbuilding is highly labor-intensive, yet the industry's biggest players remain based in Western Europe and the U.S., where workers are well paid. Braithwaite compares it to luxury automobiles. "If you built Rolls-Royces in China, you'd never get another sale. The product has to be fantastic." Yachts are still mostly handcrafted, although manufacturers now rely more on new technologies to improve quality and speed production. Sunseeker has a tech center outside Poole where robots help churn out components, ranging from dashboards to furniture...