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From: ~digs	4/30/2008 3:32:50 AM
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Candidates' gas-tax plans sputter, economists say Suspending the tax probably wouldn't reduce fuel prices much : analysis marketwatch.com It might seem axiomatic that cutting taxes on gasoline would make it cheaper. But economists say a side effect of cheaper gas would be increased demand. That would put prices right back where they started. Foreclosures hit renters too Rise in mortgage defaults ripples beyond homeowners : report marketwatch.com The number of renter households rose by nearly one million last year, which is more than four times the pace of renter growth between 2003 and 2006, according to the center's report, "America's Rental Housing: The Key to a Balanced National Policy." The U.S. median monthly gross rent reached a record high of $775 last year. Health care a top pocketbook concern Cost and coverage concerns rank after gas prices, job worries : poll marketwatch.com Forty-four percent of U.S. adults said paying for the rising cost of gasoline was a serious problem as the economy slowed in the last year, followed by 29% who cited the ability to secure a well-paying job or a pay raise as a major issue, according to a poll released Tuesday of 2,003 adults from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington. Nearly the same portion, 28%, said paying for health care and health insurance was a serious problem.

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