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Debt Ceiling, Spending Cuts to Rise But No Word on Higher Taxes

1 August 2011

If you stayed up to watch the marathon Braves/Pirates game, the one that lasted 19 innings, you kind of know how most people feel about waiting for the debt ceiling deal to be made. It’s been long. And no one was quite sure how it was going to end. And if you saw the end [...]

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Will Trump Release Tax Returns?

29 April 2011

In the midst of all of this birther nonsense, one man has been fixed in the spotlight and it’s not President Barrack Obama. It’s Donald Trump. As you know, Trump has been at the forefront of the birther movement as of late and has taken credit for the release of Obama’s long form birth certificate. [...]

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National Park Week In Full Swing

22 April 2011

A friend of mine recently bought a popup camper and my husband is beyond envious. He has dreams of cramming all of us into an Airstream camper and driving cross country, checking out a host of national parks along the way. I am not totally averse to all parts of this plan since I happen [...]

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Zuckerberg May Not “Like” This on Facebook

21 April 2011

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama went all social media on us, appearing at a “town hall” style meeting at offices in Facebook. The event, which also featured Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the 19th wealthiest person in the U.S., estimated to be worth a cool $13.5 billion, was broadcast across the web as part of an [...]

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The Not-Nearly-So-Dramatic Budget Vote

14 April 2011

I spent most of my day taking calls and in client meetings (it is, after all, tax season) with occasional glances at the news. At one point, I peered up and was fairly certain that something pretty exciting had happened. What with all of the media coverage drama, you’d assume that the vote in the [...]

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Let’s Get Fiscal: Obama Proposes Budget

16 February 2011

The deficit rag, oh yes the deficit rag! Those budget gaps can be a 12-digit drag! I’m telling you, that’s the deficit, they really made a mess of it, that’s the deficit ra-a-ag!* When I was in the seventh grade, my algebra teacher, Col. Maus, told our class that it was impossible for a person [...]

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State of the Union 2011: What Does It Mean?

26 January 2011

Last night, the President delivered his annual State of the Union speech to members of Congress and to the nation. The text follows below but here are a few notable observations: The speech, as written, is 6,830 words in length and ran for 61 minutes during delivery. The word “economy was used 7 times and [...]

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Poll Suggests Most Americans Happy With Tax Deal

21 December 2010

Despite all of the grumbling in the press, most Americans are happy with the new tax deal, according to a CNN poll. Three in four of those polled said that they favored the bill when asked: Congress has passed and President Obama has signed into law a bill that would extend tax cuts for all [...]

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Breaking News: Dems Say No to Tax Deal

9 December 2010

In what can only be considered a huge setback for President Obama, Democrats in the House have said no to the tax deal that the President recently negotiated with the Republican leadership. Talks go on. Stay tuned!

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Bankers Lawyer Up to Fight Tax

19 January 2010

Remember this ad for Infiniti Q45? The commercial doesn’t really give you much information. We just know it’s a commercial for a florist car company. The ad campaign was pretty widely knocked as “zen marketing” – it’s supposed to make you feel good about the car. You just don’t know any facts. It could be [...]

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