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What You Can Buy With Your Payroll Tax Cut From Congress

25 December 2011

After all of the drama, Congress managed to push through a payroll tax cut extension just before the holidays. The payroll tax cut was extended for two months, saving the average taxpayer a grand total of $166. These days, that won’t get you very far. Depending on where you live, it works out to: 43 [...]

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Are Election Day Freebies A Violation of Federal Law?

4 November 2008

It’s all over the web: freebies for voters! Starbucks, Ben and Jerry’s and Krispy Kreme and other companies announced earlier in the week that they would be offering freebies for voters. This is good, right? Nope, say some pundits. They claim that offering freebies a violation of federal law, citing section 42 USC 1973i(c). Really? [...]

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