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Top Ten Tax Stories of 2008: The World According to taxgirl

31 December 2008

It’s time for our annual review! Here are my picks for the top stories on taxgirl.com for the year: 10, Dancing With The Stars champ and race car driver Helio Castroneves is indicted on federal tax evasion charges. In a related story, my mother is stricken with grief and may never samba again (okay, I’m [...]

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Paulson Changes His Tune (Again)

5 December 2008

When Forbes magazine President and CEO Steve Forbes called Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson “the worst treasury secretary we’ve had in modern times,” it made for some good chuckles on late night television, but not many people seemed to pay attention. I have a feeling that will be changing. Paulson keeps changing his mind, it seems, [...]

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For Those Of You Following Along At Home… More Bailout News

24 September 2008

Wondering how Paulson intends to spend your tax dollars? Me too. But if he has his way, you and I won’t have a say in it – nor will anyone else. In a three page summary of his plans for a bailout, which he hoped that Congress would rush to approve, Paulson wrote: Sec. 8. [...]

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Paulson Believes Taxpayers Will Benefit From Bail Outs, Also Promises Significant Weight Loss and Clear Skin

19 September 2008

Okay, so I made the last part up. But Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s series of statements today regarding the latest proposal sounded like those spam emails in my inbox promising everything from riches to more energy. And just like those “too good to be true” messages, Paulson’s messages were a little too over the top [...]

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