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Unconventional Gas Shales: Severance Taxes
16 hours ago ago from Congress and Law
State governments of Pennsylvania and New York have proposed a severance tax (included in the 2009-2010 budget) in order to generate revenue to address state concerns. Twenty-seven states producing natural gas (including West Virginia) already impose a severance tax. In Pennsylvania, based on the proposed severance tax, the Pennsylvania state government projected revenue increases of $107 million in 2009-2010, increasing to $632 ...
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1 hour, 22 minutes ago ago from The Kansas Progress
We've seen a lot of anger about taxes at the tea parties and town-hall meetings this year , and observers might be forgiven for thinking that the federal government enacted income-tax increases the moment Obama was inaugurated. It did not, but Americans are governed by more than Washington, and while Obama has enacted only one major tax increase this year - raising the tobacco tax nearly 62 cents on a pack of cigarettes, to $1.01 - state and ...
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7 hours ago ago from FOX6 News
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - The future of keeping all four Jefferson County satellite courthouses open will depend on a big vote by the Jefferson County Commission on Tuesday. Jefferson County taxpayers remember the nightmare of the long lines at the downtown courthouse this summer after the occupational tax was declared illegal. That's why many people FOX6 News spoke to on Monday said they favor the commission passing a new lower job tax which ...
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1 hour, 35 minutes ago ago from The American Pundit
Last November the State of California began acting upon a new scam to suck more money out of the populace. The state is broke because the progressive California government can't seem to budget. The thievery is being accomplished by increasing the income tax withholding allowance by 10%. By taking more money out of our paychecks, the state is literally taking more taxes, while calling it something else. Problem is, the tax is being withheld ...
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1 day ago ago from Used Tractor Values
What about a personal bail-out for each American taxpayer a decent stimulus check? . It really all does not matter.They(government) ain't gonna give the working man poor a dime We (the working man) will never see nothing.. You have to be part of there scheme of things.Like you have to be (special interest group) and a working truck driver is not a special interest group.. As far as i am concerned and the way i see it,the government ...
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Plan offered to avoid a debt crisis
1 hour, 33 minutes ago ago from CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- More than 30 leading budget experts on Monday prescribed a course for deficit reduction that the nation needs to take if it wants to buy some breathing room to avoid a debt crisis. In its report Red Ink Rising, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform called on Congress and the White House to commit to stabilizing the public debt to 60% of gross domestic product by 2018. Left unchecked, it's on track to hit ...
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