People in states with a higher gasoline tax can actually come out ahead financially, said Patrick Anderson, a Michigan economist and limited-government proponent.

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Well, Patrick Anderson has been crunching some of these numbers.

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Mr. PATRICK ANDERSON (Principal and CEO, Anderson Economic Group): If you really go around and you try to add up all the jobs that are directly related to the automobile industry, you come up with an enormous fraction for any industry of the total amount of employment and also very high wage employment and also very hi-tech employment.

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The Isle of Man's Health Minister David Anderson, himself a farmer from Patrick, said while things are bad the community spirit is shining through.

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With Children, " Calista Flockhart from "Ally McBeal", Gabrielle Carteris, Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley and Ian Ziering from "Beverly Hills, 90210, " Patrick Warburton from "The Tick, " and Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny and creator Chris Carter from "The X-Files.

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