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For the first time since the Great Depression, America is experiencing a profound and disturbing trifecta: 1) 20,000 lost jobs in April (260,000 total...
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2008 Tax Rebate Checks: What Does a Bush-Hating Liberal Spend Hers On?
Katherine Goldstein | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
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While I reject the notion that it's my "patriotic duty" to buy more junk I don't need, here are 3 ideas of worthy ways to spend the money that could do some social and economic good.
How To Get Your Tax Rebate Check
Washington Post | Michelle Singletary | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business
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Taxpayers have been ringing the Internal Revenue Service telephones in record numbers trying to get answers about the upcoming economic stimulus payme...
The Self-Inflicted Recession
Jared Bernstein and Nancy Cleeland | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business
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We can ease the pain of this self-inflicted recession by reviving some other basic American concepts, such as the idea that government can serve a role in mediating a heartless economy.
IRS Sending Out Millions of Alerts
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — Don't be alarmed. More than 130 million households will get letters from the Internal Revenue Service beginning next week and the n...
Why Economic Stimulus Should Be Green
James Boyce | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics
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I think it is collective insanity to suggest that the way to fix an economy racked by debt created through overconsumption.
McCain Misses Vote on Economic Stimulus
AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate John McCain skipped a difficult Senate vote Wednesday on whether to make 20 million seniors and 2...
Clinton And Obama Head Back For Senate Stimulus Package Vote
CNN's Political Ticker | Ted Barrett | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
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Senate Democratic leaders have summoned presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., to the Senate Wednesday for a...
House Approves Economic Recovery Plan
AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.29.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The House voted Tuesday to rush rebates of $600-$1,200 to most taxpayers, but a partisan battle brewed in the Senate over Democrats...
A Detailed Analysis of Bush's Economic Stimulus Package in Cartoon Form
Lee Camp | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
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Rebates Could Come by May
AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 01.26.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — Most taxpayers could expect a rebate of up to $600 starting in mid-May under the economic aid plan set to go through Congress withi...
Bloomberg Dismisses Stimulus Package
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday the White House and Congress are negotiating a shortsighted economic stimulus packa...
Clitoral Economics
Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
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I'm proposing a radical shift in rhetoric: Any stimulus package should focus on the poor and the unemployed, not because they spend more, but because they are most in need of help.
FAQ: Economic Stimulus
236.com | Posted 01.19.2008 | Business
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Without admitting the obvious--that the U.S. economy is tumbling full throttle toward a recession--Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the H...
The Confidence Man
Deborah Siegel and Jacki Zehner | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business
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Help America spend our way out of a problem created by too much spending? Only in America.
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