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Ask the taxgirl: Don’t Look for a Second Rebate Check in the Mail!

19 January 2009

Taxpayer asks: I saw on the news that we will have a second check in February. I can’t find it again. Can you help? Taxgirl says: Wow. Just wow. I’ve received a slew of similar emails over the weekend. I don’t know where this info is coming from – or what news program might have [...]

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Obama Promises Stimulus Package – But No Word on Second Stimulus Check

24 November 2008

President Elect Barack Obama has promised that he will do “whatever it takes” to stimulate the economy. While he hasn’t laid out the entire plan, Obama has put an economic team in place to begin work on a stimulus package. Calling the potential package “costly” (imagine that!), Obama refused to put a price tag on [...]

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Bush May Be Warming to the Idea of a Second Stimulus Package

20 October 2008

Even though many politicians – including President Bush – are still reticent to use the “R” word (recession), economic pundits, including those in the Bush administration are using it. Ed Lazear, President Bush’s chief economic adviser, has been quoted as saying that “parts of the country” are in a recession. With the threat (or reality, [...]

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Is A Second Economic Stimulus Package On Its Way?

11 October 2008

I indicated earlier that I didn’t think that a second economic stimulus package would be considered until after the elections – and it looks like that is, in fact, the case. I’m actually still confident that any stimulus package which includes “tax rebates” would not result in checks being mailed out until the new year. [...]

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