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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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Ask the taxgirl: Second Round of Stimulus Checks

30 July 2008

Taxpayer asks: I work for an accounting firm and my boss mentioned she had heard on TV (gotta love the media) that because the first round of stimulus checks didn’t stimulate the economy as they thought ( I loved your – who really did profit from the stimulus checks), that the IRS was considering another [...]

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The Middle Class in America Isn’t Happy

23 July 2008

There has been a lot of talk about which presidential candidate has the best tax plan for “middle class” America. It’s an interesting question because I’m not sure that anyone can actually define “middle class” anymore – my readers seem to feel that it’s all over the place. Middle class – as it’s widely defined [...]

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