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Would You Shop To Make Your Taxes Drop?

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 26, 2013July 5, 2020

I am a recovering rewards program junkie. My husband used to refer to me a “marketer’s dream” and he was right. My keychain was cluttered

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Australia Hopes To Tax Smokers Into Quitting: Would It Work Here?

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 6, 2013July 5, 2020

How high would taxes have to boost the cost of a pack of cigarettes before you’d stop smoking? $5 a pack? $10 a pack? $15

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The World Keeps Turning, Even As Payroll Tax Cuts Expire

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 2, 2013July 5, 2020

So as the dust settles in the Congressional tax bill, you knew it would only be a matter of time before the hyperbole started. And

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Americans Replace Student Loan Payments With Tax Bills

Kelly Phillips ErbDecember 22, 2012July 5, 2020

Americans now owe an astonishing $956 billion in student loan debt. The rate of student loan debt outpaced inflation last year – and keeps climbing.

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Lawmakers, Guns & Money: Where Do We Go After Sandy Hook?

Kelly Phillips ErbDecember 19, 2012

This is our first task — caring for our children. It’s our first job. If we don’t get that right, we don’t get anything right.

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Actor Called Out As Unpatriotic For Move Over Taxes Fires Back

Kelly Phillips ErbDecember 18, 2012

Mon Dieu! Is Gerard Depardieu bailing on France over taxes? It appears so. A French newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, published an open letter attributed

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Challenges To Same Sex Marriage To Be Heard By Supreme Court

Kelly Phillips ErbDecember 11, 2012

On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari on two same sex marriage cases. Those cases include Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge

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Government Suggests Taxing Witchdoctors Might Help Save Economy

Kelly Phillips ErbDecember 9, 2012

The U.S. isn’t the only country struggling with a budget crisis. Swaziland, officially referred to as the Kingdom of Swaziland, a small country in Africa

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Congress Thinks Of New Ways To Kill Snack Food Industry

Kelly Phillips ErbNovember 18, 2012July 2, 2020

I’m not gonna lie to you: I’m not a big fan of Twinkies. Truth be told, I can’t actually remember eating one as a kid.

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New Taxes Boost Cost Of Nutella

Kelly Phillips ErbNovember 15, 2012July 2, 2020

When I was in the UK years ago, a friend offered me a slice of bread with a creamy brown spread on top. “Try it,”

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