http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/ tax news, tax info and tax policy Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:11:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/#comment-4666 The Middle Class in America Isn’t Happy Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:07:01 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/#comment-4666 [...] There has been a clamoring for a second stimulus package to offer some relief. Despite the rumors to the contrary, no such package has yet been seriously proposed. Jared Bernstein, senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, has advised that a package should rely on getting funds together for the states, particularly for infrastructure projects, and not into the hands of taxpayers. Infrastructure means jobs - this was made abundantly clear when Congress thought about tinkering with the gas tax. [...] [...] There has been a clamoring for a second stimulus package to offer some relief. Despite the rumors to the contrary, no such package has yet been seriously proposed. Jared Bernstein, senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, has advised that a package should rely on getting funds together for the states, particularly for infrastructure projects, and not into the hands of taxpayers. Infrastructure means jobs - this was made abundantly clear when Congress thought about tinkering with the gas tax. [...]

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/#comment-4667 What I enjoyed most last week. « “the tax guy” Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:29:15 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/#comment-4667 [...] we never really thought it was going to happen, did we? Kay from Don’t Mess with Taxes writes Gas tax holiday is dead, higher gas tax is possible. Sure, the oil giants lay off raising prices so now our government is going to. How nice. NOT! [...] [...] we never really thought it was going to happen, did we? Kay from Don’t Mess with Taxes writes Gas tax holiday is dead, higher gas tax is possible. Sure, the oil giants lay off raising prices so now our government is going to. How nice. NOT! [...]

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