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Saturday, April 23, 2011
REVISING THE AMERICAN DREAM: Economist Economist Mark Zandi Speaks
The House Republican plan to cut about $61 billion from the federal budget in the next seven months could cost about 700,000 jobs through 2012, according to a new report from Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.
Republicans are hitting back at the report, arguing that Zandi -- an advocate of the Democrats' 2009 economic stimulus package -- cannot be trusted as an objective economist. Zandi has advised both Democrats and Republicans, including Republican Sen. John McCain during his 2008 presidential bid.
"The fact that a relentless cheerleader for the failed 'stimulus' - which the Democrats who run Washington claimed would keep unemployment below eight percent - refuses to understand that ending the spending binge will help the private sector create jobs is sad, but not surprising," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor also pointed to Zandi's affiliation with the stimulus package, noting that the stimulus failed to keep unemployment levels as low as promised. (The stimulus did manage to save or create millions of jobs.)
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You might remember that Republicans supported the stimulus until Obama did. Then they began fibbing about it.
Republicans are hitting back at the report, arguing that Zandi -- an advocate of the Democrats' 2009 economic stimulus package -- cannot be trusted as an objective economist. Zandi has advised both Democrats and Republicans, including Republican Sen. John McCain during his 2008 presidential bid.
"The fact that a relentless cheerleader for the failed 'stimulus' - which the Democrats who run Washington claimed would keep unemployment below eight percent - refuses to understand that ending the spending binge will help the private sector create jobs is sad, but not surprising," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor also pointed to Zandi's affiliation with the stimulus package, noting that the stimulus failed to keep unemployment levels as low as promised. (The stimulus did manage to save or create millions of jobs.)
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You might remember that Republicans supported the stimulus until Obama did. Then they began fibbing about it.
REVISING THE AMERICAN DREAM: Republican-Induced Job Loss
Many people say the Boehner Congress hasn't created any jobs. Republican Economist Mark Zandi goes further and says the Ryan Plan will cut 1,700,000 jobs in its first two years.
"Economists across the political spectrum are warning of the threat that cuts to government services pose for job creation and growth in the near term. Most recently, economist Mark Zandi forecast that the Ryan-Republican plan will eliminate 1.7 million jobs in its first two years . But deep cuts to investments proposed in the Ryan-Republican budget plan will also set back the long-run growth and competitiveness of the U.S. economy."
But not to worry. Eight years after that we'll all be swimming in jobs at health insurance companies. Think about all the cash that is going to flow into Big Insurance from both the government and from seniors and their families. When the voucher doesn't cover expenses, BAM that's more money from seniors and their children who support them into private health insurance conglomerates. They'll be hiring like crazy and we'll all get rich!!
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"Economists across the political spectrum are warning of the threat that cuts to government services pose for job creation and growth in the near term. Most recently, economist Mark Zandi forecast that the Ryan-Republican plan will eliminate 1.7 million jobs in its first two years . But deep cuts to investments proposed in the Ryan-Republican budget plan will also set back the long-run growth and competitiveness of the U.S. economy."
But not to worry. Eight years after that we'll all be swimming in jobs at health insurance companies. Think about all the cash that is going to flow into Big Insurance from both the government and from seniors and their families. When the voucher doesn't cover expenses, BAM that's more money from seniors and their children who support them into private health insurance conglomerates. They'll be hiring like crazy and we'll all get rich!!
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REVISING THE AMERICAN DREAM: Disinvesting In America
By now you might have heard that the Republican budget plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) wants to eliminate Medicare as we know it and to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to U.S. billionaires —paid for by raising taxes on the middle class and slashing services to families that our economy has left behind. You might also have heard that, in spite of all the pain Rep. Ryan’s plan would inflict on regular families, it makes almost no progress in reducing the federal budget deficit by 2021.
But did you also know that Ryan’s plan will strip bare investments in innovation and competitiveness that are critical to long-run growth and prosperity in the U.S. economy?
Aside from being fundamentally unfair, the Ryan budget plan is bad economics, too. Investment—both public and private—is the most fundamental determinant of economic growth and job creation. Investment boosts productivity and raises living standards for the long-run competitiveness of our economy. Economists across the political spectrum are warning of the threat that cuts to government services pose for job creation and growth in the near term. Most recently, economist Mark Zandi forecast that the Ryan-Republican plan will eliminate 1.7 million jobs in its first two years . But deep cuts to investments proposed in the Ryan-Republican budget plan will also set back the long-run growth and competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
If the current budget debate is an argument over choice and values, then the Ryan-Republican budget shows that they don’t value investing in our nation’s economic future. In three areas critical to creating growth and opportunity—education and skills training, science and technology research and development, and transportation infrastructure—their budget aims to disinvest in American competitiveness to the tune of more than $1.4 trillion in the decade between 2012 and 2021.
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But did you also know that Ryan’s plan will strip bare investments in innovation and competitiveness that are critical to long-run growth and prosperity in the U.S. economy?
Aside from being fundamentally unfair, the Ryan budget plan is bad economics, too. Investment—both public and private—is the most fundamental determinant of economic growth and job creation. Investment boosts productivity and raises living standards for the long-run competitiveness of our economy. Economists across the political spectrum are warning of the threat that cuts to government services pose for job creation and growth in the near term. Most recently, economist Mark Zandi forecast that the Ryan-Republican plan will eliminate 1.7 million jobs in its first two years . But deep cuts to investments proposed in the Ryan-Republican budget plan will also set back the long-run growth and competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
If the current budget debate is an argument over choice and values, then the Ryan-Republican budget shows that they don’t value investing in our nation’s economic future. In three areas critical to creating growth and opportunity—education and skills training, science and technology research and development, and transportation infrastructure—their budget aims to disinvest in American competitiveness to the tune of more than $1.4 trillion in the decade between 2012 and 2021.
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REVISING THE AMERICAN DREAM: Aspirations vs. Reality
America did not ask to be divided into warring camps of red and blue. Across the country, people have far more in common than anyone would guess from the polarized politics of recent decades. Most Americans hope to achieve and hold onto a middle-class standard of living. That means, among other things, a job that pays enough to support a family; a safe and stable home; good schools for our children and the chance to help them go to college; health care that doesn’t bury us in debt; a dignified retirement; and time off work for vacations and major life events.
We want these things not only for ourselves but for one another, because a large and stable middle class turns out to be the foundation of our wellbeing as families, as communities, and as a nation. Middle-class societies, as political thinkers from Aristotle to Thomas Jefferson have pointed out, are more socially cohesive than those divided by extremes of wealth and poverty. Concentrations of wealth threaten to turn economic power into political power and subvert democratic institutions. Poverty and economic insecurity leave people too caught up in their day-to-day struggles to engage with public and community affairs.
The American middle class did not arise by accident. After World War II, businesses, workers, and government forged a social contract that helped bring about an era of unprecedented growth and the rise of a middle class that was the envy of the world. Since the 1970s, our social contract has eroded. Fewer jobs provide health insurance, and the coverage is often riddled with gaps. Reliable pension plans have become rare. In the absence of a strong labor movement, employers play fast and loose with hard-won worker rights.
The overwhelming majority of Americans still see themselves as middle class. But most also feel the effects of our frayed social contract. It has become more difficult to maintain a middle-class standard of living, Americans say. It is easier to fall behind.
More: http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/library/report.php?ID=75
We want these things not only for ourselves but for one another, because a large and stable middle class turns out to be the foundation of our wellbeing as families, as communities, and as a nation. Middle-class societies, as political thinkers from Aristotle to Thomas Jefferson have pointed out, are more socially cohesive than those divided by extremes of wealth and poverty. Concentrations of wealth threaten to turn economic power into political power and subvert democratic institutions. Poverty and economic insecurity leave people too caught up in their day-to-day struggles to engage with public and community affairs.
The American middle class did not arise by accident. After World War II, businesses, workers, and government forged a social contract that helped bring about an era of unprecedented growth and the rise of a middle class that was the envy of the world. Since the 1970s, our social contract has eroded. Fewer jobs provide health insurance, and the coverage is often riddled with gaps. Reliable pension plans have become rare. In the absence of a strong labor movement, employers play fast and loose with hard-won worker rights.
The overwhelming majority of Americans still see themselves as middle class. But most also feel the effects of our frayed social contract. It has become more difficult to maintain a middle-class standard of living, Americans say. It is easier to fall behind.
More: http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/library/report.php?ID=75
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sunday Economics Compendiuminuminum....
Fair Taxation Requires More Brackets at the Top
Some of the most affluent Americans actually pay lower effective tax rates than many middle class Americans.
So many governors are hammering their budgets with a “we’re broke” message these days that it’s amazing our country hasn’t shattered into a thousand separate islands. More and more, however, rational voices are correctly asserting that we’re not broke.
The problem isn’t that the United States is out of money. It’s that a tiny sliver of households are under-taxed. The richest 10 percent of Americans own almost three-fourths of the country’s total wealth. Astoundingly, the most affluent 1 percent of Americans own more than one-third of our total wealth.
Currently, families earning $374,000 pay the exact same federal income tax rates as families with multi-million-dollar incomes, or even the handful who earn a billion bucks every year, such as the heirs of Walmart's founder. The lifestyles of the ultra-wealthy wouldn’t change in the least if they had to pay moderately higher income taxes. And it would boost our national economy.
The Fairness in Taxation Act calls for establishing five new tax brackets for incomes between $1 million and $1 billion, with rates ranging from 45 percent to 49 percent.
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States broke? Maybe they cut taxes too much
In his new budget proposal, Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich calls for extending a generous 21 percent cut in state income taxes. The measure was originally part of a sweeping 2005 tax overhaul that abolished the state corporate income tax and phased out a business property tax.
The tax cuts were supposed to stimulate Ohio's economy and create jobs. But that never happened once the economy tanked. Instead, the changes ended up costing Ohio more than $2 billion a year in lost tax revenue; money that would go a long way toward closing the state's $8 billion budget gap for fiscal year 2012.
"At least half of our current budget problem is a direct result of the tax changes we made in 2005. A lot of people don't want to hear that, but that's the reality. Much of our pain is self-inflicted," said Zach Schiller, research director at Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal government-research group in Cleveland.
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/28/111161/states-broke-maybe-they-cut-taxes.html#ixzz1JBQ5bT77
Why the Right-Wing Bullies Will Hold The Nation Hostage Again and Again
I hope the President decides he has to take a stand, and the sooner the better. Last December he caved in to Republican demands that the Bush tax cut be extended to wealthier Americans for two more years, at a cost of more than $60 billion. That was only the beginning — the equivalent of my cupcake.
Last night he gave away more than half the sandwich — $39 billion less than was budgeted for 2010, $79 billion less than he originally requested. Non-defense discretionary spending — basically, everything from roads and bridges to schools and innumerable programs for the poor — has been slashed.
The right-wing bullies are emboldened. They will hold the nation hostage again and again.
In a few weeks the debt ceiling has to be raised. After that, next year’s budget has to be decided on. House Budget Chair Paul Ryan has already put forward proposals to turn Medicare into vouchers that funnel money to private insurance companies, turn Medicaid and Food Stamps into block grants that give states discretion to shift them to the non-poor, and give even more big tax cuts to the rich.
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Eric Cantor to Poor and Middle Class: Die.
Nothing gets my blood boiling faster than listening to the Sunday talking heads bloviate about how all those old people don't really need their Medicare anyway. Eric Cantor just couldn't wait to call Medicaid and Medicare recipients welfare queens this morning -- as if they don't pay for it with the taxes THEY pay (unlike our corporate person counterparts), while extolling Ryan's plan to gut health services to the entire nation. Really, his message (and Ryan's) is this: If you're under 55, die and die quickly so there's more for us.
Here's my response to Mr. Cantor. I would like for him to start doing more with less by immediately terminating his Federal Employees' Health Benefit Plan and shopping for his own health insurance. Then I would like him to imagine himself in a scenario where an aged relative comes to him needing a home and financial assistance because their health is so fragile they can no longer care for themselves. He will be faced with the reality of having to find a qualified home health care provider at his own expense because said indigent relative does not really "need" Medicaid, since they have Uncle Eric to rely upon. All of the expenses will be out of his own pocket.
But hey, he'll definitely learn how to do more with less.
Does Cantor not realize that more than half of Medicaid benefits go toward long term care for the elderly? Or maybe he does, and so the message is to die, and die quickly?
MORE OF THE AWFUL TRUTH HERE
Some of the most affluent Americans actually pay lower effective tax rates than many middle class Americans.
So many governors are hammering their budgets with a “we’re broke” message these days that it’s amazing our country hasn’t shattered into a thousand separate islands. More and more, however, rational voices are correctly asserting that we’re not broke.
The problem isn’t that the United States is out of money. It’s that a tiny sliver of households are under-taxed. The richest 10 percent of Americans own almost three-fourths of the country’s total wealth. Astoundingly, the most affluent 1 percent of Americans own more than one-third of our total wealth.
Currently, families earning $374,000 pay the exact same federal income tax rates as families with multi-million-dollar incomes, or even the handful who earn a billion bucks every year, such as the heirs of Walmart's founder. The lifestyles of the ultra-wealthy wouldn’t change in the least if they had to pay moderately higher income taxes. And it would boost our national economy.
The Fairness in Taxation Act calls for establishing five new tax brackets for incomes between $1 million and $1 billion, with rates ranging from 45 percent to 49 percent.
MORE
States broke? Maybe they cut taxes too much
In his new budget proposal, Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich calls for extending a generous 21 percent cut in state income taxes. The measure was originally part of a sweeping 2005 tax overhaul that abolished the state corporate income tax and phased out a business property tax.
The tax cuts were supposed to stimulate Ohio's economy and create jobs. But that never happened once the economy tanked. Instead, the changes ended up costing Ohio more than $2 billion a year in lost tax revenue; money that would go a long way toward closing the state's $8 billion budget gap for fiscal year 2012.
"At least half of our current budget problem is a direct result of the tax changes we made in 2005. A lot of people don't want to hear that, but that's the reality. Much of our pain is self-inflicted," said Zach Schiller, research director at Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal government-research group in Cleveland.
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/28/111161/states-broke-maybe-they-cut-taxes.html#ixzz1JBQ5bT77
Why the Right-Wing Bullies Will Hold The Nation Hostage Again and Again
I hope the President decides he has to take a stand, and the sooner the better. Last December he caved in to Republican demands that the Bush tax cut be extended to wealthier Americans for two more years, at a cost of more than $60 billion. That was only the beginning — the equivalent of my cupcake.
Last night he gave away more than half the sandwich — $39 billion less than was budgeted for 2010, $79 billion less than he originally requested. Non-defense discretionary spending — basically, everything from roads and bridges to schools and innumerable programs for the poor — has been slashed.
The right-wing bullies are emboldened. They will hold the nation hostage again and again.
In a few weeks the debt ceiling has to be raised. After that, next year’s budget has to be decided on. House Budget Chair Paul Ryan has already put forward proposals to turn Medicare into vouchers that funnel money to private insurance companies, turn Medicaid and Food Stamps into block grants that give states discretion to shift them to the non-poor, and give even more big tax cuts to the rich.
MORE
Eric Cantor to Poor and Middle Class: Die.
Nothing gets my blood boiling faster than listening to the Sunday talking heads bloviate about how all those old people don't really need their Medicare anyway. Eric Cantor just couldn't wait to call Medicaid and Medicare recipients welfare queens this morning -- as if they don't pay for it with the taxes THEY pay (unlike our corporate person counterparts), while extolling Ryan's plan to gut health services to the entire nation. Really, his message (and Ryan's) is this: If you're under 55, die and die quickly so there's more for us.
Here's my response to Mr. Cantor. I would like for him to start doing more with less by immediately terminating his Federal Employees' Health Benefit Plan and shopping for his own health insurance. Then I would like him to imagine himself in a scenario where an aged relative comes to him needing a home and financial assistance because their health is so fragile they can no longer care for themselves. He will be faced with the reality of having to find a qualified home health care provider at his own expense because said indigent relative does not really "need" Medicaid, since they have Uncle Eric to rely upon. All of the expenses will be out of his own pocket.
But hey, he'll definitely learn how to do more with less.
Does Cantor not realize that more than half of Medicaid benefits go toward long term care for the elderly? Or maybe he does, and so the message is to die, and die quickly?
MORE OF THE AWFUL TRUTH HERE
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.
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Georgia: Tax Hike For Middle Class, Tax Cut For The Rich
Republicans are at it again: Georgians making over $180,000 would see steep tax cuts while middle class Georgians making between $20,000 and $180,000 would see tax hikes.
Read about the outrage HERE.
Read about the outrage HERE.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Original Tea Party was not Anti-Government but Anti-Corporation
The Boston Tea Party was “A revolt against corporate power and corporate tax cuts.”
Running From the Law: Trouble in Wisconsin for Republicans
The Republicans in Wisconsin, led by the hubris of Gov. Walker, have made a real mess of things for the state, the people, but also for themselves. With Governor Walker’s entire career hanging in the balance, he and the Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald attempted to push through the anti-union bill late on a Friday night, without notice to the public. Now the Republicans are on the run from the law.
When a judge ruled that it appeared the plaintiff in a case against their passage of the bill would prevail, and so ordered the bill not to be published into law, the Republicans violated the court order by having it published by another entity. The judge came back with a second court order. The cowboys said they were going to do as they pleased in spite of the court order, but then the judge clarified her position and suddenly the boys got into line. Third time is a charm, apparently.
And so the bill is not law yet. The judge is now hearing testimony about how the Republicans originally passed the law and it’s clear they have violated the open meeting law, as alleged. They are now claiming legislative immunity in order to avoid the lawsuit.
Currently, the judge is only hearing testimony on the open meeting law challenge. After this, there is the violation of a court order, the violation of the state constitution in the original legislation, the failure to have quorum, and a likely conspiracy charge regarding the pressure put upon another body to publish the law against their wishes– among other hurdles they face. Right now, the judge is looking into their claim that their meeting was an emergency meeting, but the testimony so far as well as empirical evidence via Walker’s press conferences on the subject make it appear as if they deliberately misled the Democrats and the people. Conspiracy and deliberate and multiple violations of the open meeting law are not small matters.
MORE ABOUT THE SHAME OF IT ALL HERE
When a judge ruled that it appeared the plaintiff in a case against their passage of the bill would prevail, and so ordered the bill not to be published into law, the Republicans violated the court order by having it published by another entity. The judge came back with a second court order. The cowboys said they were going to do as they pleased in spite of the court order, but then the judge clarified her position and suddenly the boys got into line. Third time is a charm, apparently.
And so the bill is not law yet. The judge is now hearing testimony about how the Republicans originally passed the law and it’s clear they have violated the open meeting law, as alleged. They are now claiming legislative immunity in order to avoid the lawsuit.
Currently, the judge is only hearing testimony on the open meeting law challenge. After this, there is the violation of a court order, the violation of the state constitution in the original legislation, the failure to have quorum, and a likely conspiracy charge regarding the pressure put upon another body to publish the law against their wishes– among other hurdles they face. Right now, the judge is looking into their claim that their meeting was an emergency meeting, but the testimony so far as well as empirical evidence via Walker’s press conferences on the subject make it appear as if they deliberately misled the Democrats and the people. Conspiracy and deliberate and multiple violations of the open meeting law are not small matters.
MORE ABOUT THE SHAME OF IT ALL HERE
The Working Class Has Sacrificed Enough! It’s Time The Wealthy Pay Up
It seems to me that during these trying times, many people are talking about shared sacrifice. What do they mean by shared sacrifice? From what it looks like, teachers, cops, firemen, women, infants and children are bearing the brunt of budget shortfalls.
Now let’s take a look at the top income percentage. What have they sacrificed? In Florida, Wisconsin, and Ohio the wealthy investor classes and corporations are being inundated with tax breaks. What does that mean? It means they will be experiencing higher profits and earnings and offering less and less to society.
The wealthy have insulated themselves from reality with boatloads of cash. Others have insulated themselves in some cases from the reality that they created by their own greed, like outsourcing jobs and manipulative derivative trading on Wall Street.
You see, the top wealthy elite have not really been hit by this recession as they were in the Great Depression. This is due to 30 years of wealth distribution upwards. They had accumulated a ton of cash that would be able to sustain them through many years of economic turmoil.
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Now let’s take a look at the top income percentage. What have they sacrificed? In Florida, Wisconsin, and Ohio the wealthy investor classes and corporations are being inundated with tax breaks. What does that mean? It means they will be experiencing higher profits and earnings and offering less and less to society.
The wealthy have insulated themselves from reality with boatloads of cash. Others have insulated themselves in some cases from the reality that they created by their own greed, like outsourcing jobs and manipulative derivative trading on Wall Street.
You see, the top wealthy elite have not really been hit by this recession as they were in the Great Depression. This is due to 30 years of wealth distribution upwards. They had accumulated a ton of cash that would be able to sustain them through many years of economic turmoil.
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Scott Brown Threw Tea Party 'Under The Bus'
"Memo to Scott Brown. If you think budget cuts 'disproportionately affect low income families and seniors,' what do you think is going to happen when we have an economic collapse?" wrote Phillips in a blog post.
Support from the Tea Party movement helped propel Brown to victory in a special election for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat in 2010. But now, as the Massachusetts senator prepares to run for reelection next year, Phillips is making clear he's less than pleased with the Republican lawmaker.
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Tee Partayers need a reality check.
Wisconsin Union Law Passage To Be Examined By Judge
A week ago, Wisconsin Republicans thought they'd won the fight over the state's polarizing union rights bill. They'd weathered massive protests, outfoxed Senate Democrats who fled the state and gotten around a restraining order blocking the law by having an obscure state agency publish it. They even started preparations to pull money from public workers' paychecks.
But the victory was short-lived. A judge ruled Friday that the restraining order will stay in place for at least two months she while considers whether Republicans passed the law illegally. It was the second blow to Republicans in as many days after the same judge declared Thursday that the law hadn't been properly published and wasn't in effect as they claimed.
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But the victory was short-lived. A judge ruled Friday that the restraining order will stay in place for at least two months she while considers whether Republicans passed the law illegally. It was the second blow to Republicans in as many days after the same judge declared Thursday that the law hadn't been properly published and wasn't in effect as they claimed.
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Way To Go, Aces (NOT!)
A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday.
A Reuters correspondent saw the burnt out husks of at least four vehicles including an ambulance by the side of the road near the eastern entrance to the oil town.
Men prayed at freshly dug graves covered by the rebel red, black and green flag nearby.
"Some of Gaddafi's forces sneaked in among the rebels and fired anti-aircraft guns in the air," said rebel fighter Mustafa Ali Omar. "After that the NATO forces came and bombed them."
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A Reuters correspondent saw the burnt out husks of at least four vehicles including an ambulance by the side of the road near the eastern entrance to the oil town.
Men prayed at freshly dug graves covered by the rebel red, black and green flag nearby.
"Some of Gaddafi's forces sneaked in among the rebels and fired anti-aircraft guns in the air," said rebel fighter Mustafa Ali Omar. "After that the NATO forces came and bombed them."
HERE
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