609 posts tagged Tax Cuts
SubscribeOntario Premier: No Regrets Over $250m GM Handout
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Federal Budget Woes: It’s the Spending, Stupid!
http://pajamasmedia.com/ blog/ federal-budget-woes-its-the-spending-stupid/Federal Budget Woes: It’s the Spending, Stupid! by Tom Blumer Bush's supply-side tax cuts have produced windfall revenues for the federal government, but profligate spending by both parties has kept Washington in the red.
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Florida economic news
http://incertus.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ florida-economic-news.htmlIt's bad. If you live down here, and you're not in a bubble, then you knew that, but maybe you didn't know just how bad it is.The trend is statewide. Between February 2007 and February this year, the number of Florida households using food stamps jumped 19 percent — the largest statewide gain in the
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What do a meme and a California tax loophole for yacht owners have in common? - Susan Kaiser Greenland
http://mindfulmom.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ food-porn-meme-susan-kaiser-greenland/What do a meme and a California tax loophole for yacht owners have in common? - Susan Kaiser Greenland I sometimes wish I were the kind of person who could grab the caviar and champagne in a crisis, but nope, I’d go for the life raft. Susan
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Fuck the so-called rich
http://clubwah.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ fuck-the-so-called-rich/Why is there more discussion and even angst over families earning more than $150,000 missing out on the baby bonus than there is about carers missing out on decent weekly payments again? And how many people pissed off at the apparent “Robin Hood” Budget actually earn less than the numbers, and refuse to deny that like most of us they are working class scum?
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A good Labor budget
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/ 2008/ 05/ a_good_labor_budget.htmlOh I so envy Australia for its luck in having a more moderate less extreme and idelogical Labor Party. Let us look at what Wayne Swan has delivered. Australia’s population is around five times New Zealand so generally divide by five to get an idea of what it would be for a country our size: Tax Cuts
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How Will John McCain Balance the Federal Budget?
http://dunningrb.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ how-will-john-mccain-balance-the-f…How Will John McCain Balance the Federal Budget? 13 May 2008 FactCheck.org discusses John McCain’s plan to balance the federal budget while extending the Bush tax cuts. McCain’s big promise is that he can balance the budget while extending Bush’s tax cuts and adding a few of his own.
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The cost of fiscal drag
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/ 2008/ 05/ the_cost_of_fiscal_drag.htmlA very good press release from Rodney Hide on the cost of fiscal drag. This is the extra tax that people end up paying as inflation pushes their income up, but tax brackets do not adjust. Rodney points out that the tax cuts we learn about next week may be less than the fiscal drag since 1999, so one may end up not even being compensated for inflation.
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Special Message from Pittsburgh on the 2008 Presidential Election Campaigns
http://charlieaverill.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ special-message-from-pittsburgh-on…May 12, 2008 In a recent meeting of the International Executive Board, concerns were raised about the media’s ongoing attempts to sensationalize and mischaracterize the contest between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to become the Democratic Party presidential nominee.
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Film Development Website says - Send Them To Detroit
http://viewofdetroit.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ film-development-website-send-them-…Films to possibly be made in Detroit. According to a film development website, CHUD (Cinematic Happenings Under Development), because of the 40% tax cuts offered in Detroit, several big-time productions are seriously considering shooting out of Detroit.
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Yacht Party
http://www.hotpotatomash.com/ 2008/ 05/ yacht-party.htmlFrom the Courage Campaign: The most extreme high priests of the tax cut cult operate right here in California. Because Democrats do not hold a two-thirds majority in our state legislature, a small minority of Republicans is able to hold Californians hostage to a $20 billion state budget deficit, refusing to raise taxes on the super-rich.