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I’m From The Government And I’m Here To Help

21 October 2011

Twenty five years ago, pop singer Michael Jackson was in the news. Big shoulder pads were all the rage. Libya was under siege. Federal spending outpaced revenues. The U.S. was fighting its way out of a recession. And following a round of tax cuts that didn’t live up to expectations, the words “tax reform” were [...]

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Voinovich Drives Home Gas Tax Increase

10 August 2010

I’m writing this particular post from my hotel room in Durham, NC, just across the way from Duke Hospital where my dad had surgery on yesterday. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. He came through surgery just fine – although the family and I are quite worn out from dealing with Duke (yes, [...]

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The New Adventures of the Old Alan Greenspan

7 August 2010

First appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987 as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Served under not one but three Republican presidents, including both Presidents Bush. Self-described “lifelong libertarian Republican.” So you’d think that Alan Greenspan would be all about the current Republican agenda to extend the Bush tax cuts – the very tax cuts he [...]

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More Sunday Mailbag

25 October 2009

That yellow ball in the sky this morning threw me for a loop. They say it’s called the sun. At any rate, I was thrilled to see it. I grabbed a cup of coffee and cozied up to the computer for another edition of “Sunday Mailbag.” Here’s a couple of “nontax” ask the taxgirl questions [...]

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Congress to Obama: Not So Fast

4 March 2009

Just days after President Obama outlined his proposed budget, which includes tax modifications (yeah, it’s a cheesy word, keep reading) for high wage earners, key leaders in Congress are making noise that they might not be in support of the plan. Chief among them is Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) who questioned whether [...]

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