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You Get a Tax Perk! And You Get a Tax Perk!

8 October 2008

I’ve been tossing around blog post after blog post in my head, trying to figure out what to write exactly about the tax provisions in the most recent bailout package. And I think I’ve finally figured out what’s been bothering me: the darn thing just doesn’t make sense. I knew that the bill was going [...]

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Everything But the Kitchen Sink

1 October 2008

Why is it that Congress can’t pass a bill without a bunch of add-ons? As it turns out, the bailout of the economy will be no different. This evening, the Senate passed a version of the bailout bill by a vote of 74 to 25 (in case you’re wondering, both McCain and Obama voted yes). [...]

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Who Is the “Government” Anyway?

19 September 2008

In light of the recent government bailouts of several high profile companies, some pundits are rushing to attempt to correct the idea that taxpayers are paying the tab. Some analysts are trying to push the idea that the billion dollars’ worth of bailouts are merely structured as loans or investments by “the government” and thus [...]

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