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Responding to Leader Boehner on Jobs
17 hours ago ago from TheBarackoberry.com
Today, House Minority Leader John Boehner has an op-ed in the Washington Post. Unfortunately, what we heard from Congressman Boehner was more of the same, status quo, business-as-usual policies that led us to this crisis. Just one year ago, the financial system was on the edge of collapse. The economy was in free fall. When the President came to office we were losing 700,000 jobs a month, last month we lost 11,000. It's going to be a bumpy ...
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22 hours ago ago from www.questionsandanswersonline.com
I have to admit, at first I wondered why McCain wanted to give tax cuts to businesses, but after last night's debate, it makes perfect sense. The United States taxes businesses 35%, with Ireland the second highest at 11%. No wonder every company is outsourcing and we're losing jobs! Obama doesn't plan on giving tax cuts to businesses so how does he plan on keeping jobs here and creating more?
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19 hours ago ago from OPINION
Re: "Obama proposes tax cuts to fuel hirings -- Package of stimulus measures aims to prop up weak job market," Wednesday Business. I happen to be a part of the discrete parts metalworking industry. Would someone please tell me how this program would help a metalworking shop or, for that matter, any small business ravaged by this downturn? No company would hire anyone for a tax credit when it doesn't have the business and, therefore, ...
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9 hours ago ago from Roane County Democratic Party
The House vote to renew a bunch of popular tax exemptions - including deductibility of Tennessee sales taxes from the federal income tax - won approval in the U.S. House on a generally partisan vote. In the Tennessee delegation, all five Democrats voted yes, all four Republicans voted no. The Republican no' votes, of course, relate to another provision of the bill to increase other taxes to cover the cost of continuing the current ...
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Payback Time: A Tax at Every Turn
16 hours ago ago from The New York Times
Runaway federal deficits have thrust a politically unsavory savior into the spotlight: a nationwide tax on goods and services. Harry Hamburg/Associated Press The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi. Multimedia Payback Time The Debt Bomb Articles in this series will examine the consequences of, and attempts to deal with, growing public and private debts. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times John ...
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10 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
BERLIN -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Sch uble is set to finalize the new government's first budget, which will be based on record debt levels and a gloomy outlook for public finances. In a meeting with his counterparts from Germany's 16 states, Mr. Sch uble presented figures that put his government's net debt requirement at 86 billion ($126.6 billion) for next year -- more than twice the 37.5 billion predicted for this year. ...
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14 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Well, the moment of truth has arrived, and House Democrats recently voted 234-199 to cancel the 2010 repeal and hold the rate permanently at 45% with a $3.5 million exemption. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now wants to do the same. But to suspend the Senate's health-care debate and turn to the estate tax, he needs 60 votes. All Republicans and some Democrats are saying no. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Jon Kyl of Arizona will accept no ...
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1 hour, 20 minutes ago ago from Newsweek - Columns - Capitol Letter
Login Username: Password: SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to Newsweek and save up to 88% Close SPONSORED BY: Eleanor Clift Back to the Future The idea of a carbon tax, proposed by Al Gore 17 years ago, is winning new converts. SPONSORED BY Â Email To A Friend Please fill in the following information and we'll ...
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14 hours ago ago from Media General - TriCities.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Expect budget pains for education in Virginia By Bristol Herald Courier Editorial Board Published: December 11, 2009 The day of financial reckoning is upon us. In fact, expect it to arrive next Friday when Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine delivers his final ...
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