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    Wednesday, November 07, 2007

    Right Wing Corportist Barack Obama says we must protectct mining industry

    [...]

    The legislation, passed 244-166, would impose 4 percent royalty fees on existing mines operating on federal land. New mines would be charged

    8 percent.

    Mines currently pay very little to use federal land under the 1872 Mining Law.

    The position, while popular with rural Nevada voters who depend on jobs provided by the mining industry, could alienate environmental activists, political observers said. Both are important constituencies in the Jan. 19 Nevada Caucus.

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