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• More Proof That The Stimulus Worked

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 432
  Politico reports:Between 600,000 and 1.6 million jobs were created or saved through September as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.The data, released Monday, say the real inflation-adjusted gross domestic product was 1.2 percent to 3.2 percent ...
  5 days ago

• Strange Bedfellows: Cato Puts Obama’s Spending In Perspective

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 432
  From my libertarian friends over at Cato:I’m a big fan of criticizing Obama’s profligacy, but it is inaccurate and/or dishonest to blame him for Bush’s mistakes. At the risk of repeating my earlier post, the 2009 fiscal year began on October 1, 2008, and the vast majority of the spending for that year was [...]
  6 days ago

• First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit Deadline

  
  Westchester & Bronx NY investment property real estate blog — Authority: 132
  The first time home buyers tax credit was designed to encourage home purchases and can be worth as much as $8,000 in reduced taxes or added income. This tax credit was a key part of the economic stimulus package approved by Congress in February.  Many first time homebuyers are not aware that the tax credit incentive ...
  1 week ago

• Obama On Track To Have Best First Year Since FDR

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 432
  According to Jacob Weisberg:[The] conventional wisdom about Obama’s first year isn’t just premature—it’s sure to be flipped on its head by the anniversary of his inauguration on Jan. 20. If, as seems increasingly likely, Obama wins passage of a health care reform a bill by that date, he will deliver his first ...
  1 week ago

• The Insanity of Deficit Spending and the National Debt

  
  The Western Experience — Authority: 428
  by MikeDuring my daily ritual of abuse–reading “high-brow” Progressive thought– I came across an article on The Nation by William Greider, titled “In the Shadow of Hoover.” A lengthy essay in which President Obama is painted as standing in the shadow of the man who is fairly, or unfairly, blamed for ...
  1 week ago

• Local Bid for Smart Grid Funding Goes Unanswered

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 651
  Smart Grid , energy , cleantech Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said today the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for smart grid projects around the country, but a San Diego coalition that sought $100 million was not on the list. The coalition, which included San ...
  1 week ago

• The definition of stupidity....

  
  Thurber's Thoughts — Authority: 497
  I often mention Tom Blumer, who writes at BizzyBlog, for his writing on economics and accounting issues. One of his recent posts is a must-read for this area.Kelo, GM, and the Stimulus: Three Big Government-Induced Failures details three examples that, as Tom puts it, "clearly demonstrate that government should be the ...
  1 week ago

• Cartoon Of The Day

  
  Evaluation — Authority: 145
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  1 week ago

• Of Deductions and Refunds

  
  IRS Tax Problem Solver Blog - IRS Help — Authority: 130
  New Deductions When you buy a new car, light truck, motorcycle or motor home between February 16th this year and January 1st 2010, you are entitled to a special sales tax deduction as part of the economic stimulus package signed into law by President Obama. This law also provides for the deduction of other taxes and ...
  2 weeks ago

• The stimulus is working – although too small

  
  SocraticGadfly — Authority: 146
  Mainstream economists are weighing in a general thumbs-up for the results of the Obama economic stimulus plan. Mark Zandi says unemployment would be above 11 percent without it. And, as President Obama and Congressional leaders talk about a jobs bill, they should note that folks like Zandi all agree the original ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Economic Way of Thinking about Stimulus Packages, Part II

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 617
  In light of the news about stimulus job creation statistics not being as advertised — complete with made-up Congressional districts — I offer another surprisingly relevant insight from Mises’ Human Action . Turns out there is a reason stimulus advocates are resorting to trickery: “If government spending ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Reason to Check Your Withholding

  
  Money employment & careers - money-employment.marc8.com — Authority: 151
  Millions of taxpayers may end up owing taxes next April because a little tax credit --part of the economic stimulus package -- ended up being too big.
  2 weeks ago

• Cartoon Of The Day: Fake Jobs

  
  Evaluation — Authority: 145
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  2 weeks ago

• SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DAILY DIGEST FOR 11/18/09

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  AARP Received $18 Million In Stimulus Money American spectator ^ | 11.18.09 | Philip Klein Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:59:01 PM by opentalk AARP, which has given its full-throated support to Democratic health care legislation even though seniors remain largely opposed, received an $18 million grant in the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Economic Way of Thinking about Stimulus Packages

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 617
  “[A] government can spend or invest only what it takes away from its citizens… its additional spending and investment curtails the citizens’ spending and investment to the full extent of its quantity.” -Ludwig von Mises, Human Action , 4th ed., (Irvington-on-Hudson New York: Foundation for Economic ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama Calls Stimulus Data Errors ‘Side Issue,’ Says Focus Is on Job Growth

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 505
  President Obama downplays criticism over inaccurate reporting on the impact of the economic stimulus package, telling Fox News his focus is trained on job growth. 
  2 weeks ago

• National Debt Tops $12 Trillion

  
  Wake up America — Authority: 575
  CBS : Technically, the debt hit the new high yesterday, but it was posted on the Treasury Department website just after 3:00 p.m. ET today. The exact calculation of the debt is a 16-digit tongue-twister and red-ink tsunami: $12,031,299,186,290.07 This latest milestone in the ever-rising journey of the National Debt ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another Stimulus Package???

  
  Right Pundits — Authority: 140
  I’ve been reading a lot lately that the Obama Administration plans to put forward another stimulus package. OMG. Let’s look at the inherent flaws in this year’s package, since one definition of rational is to avoid doing things that we know, from past experience, results in failure. A decision was made to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama stimulus pachage utter failure????

  
  Freadom Nation — Authority: 121
  There was fair reporting in the Detroit Freepress this past weekend ("Billions For State, But here are Jobs?") as the newspaper did a thorough review of reports from those receiving money from the "massive" $787 billion economic stimulus package. The article basically stopped short of noting it has been an utter ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cartoon Of The Day

  
  Evaluation — Authority: 145
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  2 weeks ago

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