This week, it was announced that the total job losses for 2008 were more than 2.6 million, the highest since 1945. It was no surprise,
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Obama Proposes Tax Cuts: What's In It For You?
Oh, it’s going to be a long January… President Elect Barack Obama has proposed tax cuts for individuals and small businesses as part of his
Read MoreObama Team Finalizing Stimulus Package: Still No Check
Barack Obama may not yet be in office but his economic team is already plugging away at an economic stimulus package. According to Vice President
Read MoreBlagojevich Fundraiser Will Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud
My mother always told me that you are judged by the company that you keep. If that’s true, Governor (for now) Rod Blagojevich of Illinois
Read MoreIs Santa Bringing Bush A Chrysler For Christmas?
In a surprise move, the Bush administration has indicated that it might use taxpayer dollars previously earmarked for banks through the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Read MorePaulson Changes His Tune (Again)
When Forbes magazine President and CEO Steve Forbes called Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson “the worst treasury secretary we’ve had in modern times,” it made for
Read MoreOh Alabama, Don’t You Cry For Me
2008 may well be known as the year of the crooked politician. Political official after political official from PA State Senator Vincent Fumo to Alaska
Read MoreObama Promises Stimulus Package – But No Word On Second Stimulus Check
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,
Read MoreFix The Tax Code Friday: Auto Industry Bailout
It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! For most of the week, the headlines have involved the crisis in the automotive industry with eyes on the
Read MoreStimulus Package Is Not The Same As Stimulus Check
If you watched President Elect Obama’s first press conference, you might have heard him say: The one thing I can say with certainty is that
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