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Homebuyer Tax Credit: Congress Gives New Buyers A $6,500 Break

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgags, Congress, Homebuyer Tax Credit, First-Time Tax Credit, Tax, Home Prices, Real Estate, Homebuyers Tax Credit, Business News

WASHINGTON — Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the gover...

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Faux Stimulus Is No Stimulus

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Carryback Loss, Tax, First-Time Homebuyers Credit, Stimulus, Housing Crisis, Economy, Federal Unemployment Extension 2009, Unemployment Extension 2009, Unemployment Extension, Federal Unemployment Extension, Unemployment Benefit Extension 2009, 2009 Unemployment Extension, 2009 Unemployment Extension Stimulus, 2009 Federal Unemployment Extension, Unemployment Benefit Extension 2009, New Unemployment Extension 2009, States With 8.5 or Greater, Unemployment Extension November 2009, Current Unemployment Extension Bill November 2009, Unemployment Benefit Extension, Tax Credit Extension, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Our politicians are fooling us with legislation that looks like stimulus, but sure doesn't quack like one.

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Cadillac Tax: Congress Is Split On Reform Effort To Tax Costly Health Care Plans

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, White House, Cadillac Tax, Senate Finance Committee, House, Charles Rangel, Cbo, Afl-Cio, Obama, Reform, Democrats, Health Care Bill, Health Care Tax, Pelosi, Rangel, Nancy Pelosi, Public Option, Baucus Bill, Health Care Reform, Tax, Republicans, Health Care, Senate, Politics News

A proposed tax on high-cost, or "Cadillac," health insurance plans has touched off a fierce clash between the Senate and the House as they wrestle ove...

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Sugar, Sugar.

Fred Hahn | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Tax, Barack Obama, Sugar, Living News
Fred Hahn

I am calling for a three-month moratorium on sugar and grain based carbohydrates. Rather than all join hands and walk for the cure, let's instead join minds and eat for it.

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Buffett Tells Dems: The Rich Need To Pay Higher Taxes

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Rich People, Taxes, Dems Taxes, Tax, Dems, Warren Buffett, Democrats, Business News

Warren Buffett, the renowned investor and the world's second richest man, told Senate Democrats that wealthy Americans need to pay higher taxes, givin...

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UBS Deals Cause Switzerland To Back Down on Bank Secrecy

Marilyn Barrett | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Ubs, Swiss-Tax-Fraud, Tax Fraud, Tax, Tax-Evasion, Swiss Tax Haven, Tax Havens, Business News
Marilyn Barrett

While we Americans are rightfully angry with our banks, the Swiss must be furious with UBS for the havoc it has wrecked on their famous banking industry, which relied on secrecy for much of its success.

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The Fat Cats of Wall Street Want to Tax Your Health Care Benefits

Mike Elk | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Mike Ross, William Greider, Wall Street, Tax, Blue Dogs, Millionaries, Public Option, Max Baucus, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Elk

When I heard Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), floating the idea of a tax on health benefits in order to raise revenue for health care reform, I was baffled; how could this be?

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Gates Forgot to Pay His Skin Tax

Lowell Thompson | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Skin, Gates, Tax, Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Racial Profiling, Arrested, Profiling, Blacktax, Politics News
Lowell Thompson

Even my most progressive white friends play down the differences in our American experience because of skin color.

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I'm Sick of Hearing About the Poor, Poor Millionaires

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warfare, Wealthy, Tax Rates, Al Franken, Reform, Tax the Rich, Media, Jim Webb, Republican, Reagan, Pelosi, Ultra Rich, Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Ultra Wealthy, Health Care, Robert a Heinlein, Taxes, House, Millionaires, Msm, Franken, War, Democrat, Billionaires, Rich, Webb, Democrats, Mainstream Media, Income Tax, Tax, Chris Weigant, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Class Warfare, Denmark, Healthcare, Heinlein, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats have to get over their knee-jerk reaction to being labeled "tax and spenders" by their opposition. If higher taxes for millionaires are the way to pay for healthcare reform, then let everyone know it, and know why.

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Jeff Muskus

Blue States Pick Up Health Reform Tab For Red States: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Red States, Table, Tax, Citizen for Tax Justice, Health Care Reform, Blue States, Health Care, Health Reform, Politics News

Under the new House proposal for health care reform, blue states will be picking up more than their share of the tab, according to a new study from th...

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House Health Plan Released, Will Boost Taxes On Rich

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ERICA WERNER | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Henry Waxman, Waxman, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Rich, Taxes, Tax, Health Care, Healthcare, Haelth Care Refrom, Health Care Overhaul, President Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and ...

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Rx for Auto Industry -- No Tax Ours, Double Tax Theirs

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 07.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Tax, American Automobile Industry, Foreign Affairs, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Mark Goulston, Auto Industry, Business News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Foolish pride may be one of the main stumbling blocks to saving the American auto industry.

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Schwarzenegger is Way Ahead of Obama on Marijuana Issue

Jeff Norman | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tax, Marijuana, Legalize Marijuana, Legalize, Pot, Politics News
Jeff Norman

Will Obama be the very last person in the country to join the discussion, or just one of the last?

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This Week In Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Uk, Get Rich Cheating, Parliament, Opposition, Carrie Prejean, Manny Ramirez, Willie Nelson, Dodgers, Manny, Miss California, Media, Loopholes, Gordon Brown, Business Reporters, Tax, Soccer, Breast Implants, Red Sox, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Even if they close some loopholes, the Republican Party knows they can't catch us all. Just ask Willie Nelson and Wesley Snipes. You can't spell "making millions by cheating on taxes" with out "cheating on taxes."

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On Teabags and Douchebags

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Tax, Tea Party, Tax Day Tea Parties, April 15, Taxes, Politics News
John Wellington Ennis

It is amazing to see a movement take off without either a specific cause or a specific goal. The Tea Party movement makes a mockery of the struggle our founding fathers fought.

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Tax Day: A Great Day to Cheat

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 05.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Taxes, April 15 Tax Day, Kpmg, Rush, Tax, Maddow, Tax Day, Enron, Cheating, Tax Evasion, Book, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Today is tax day, but, as Leona Helmsley wisely noted, "Only the little people pay taxes."

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Tea And Sympathy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

If the modern-day Tea Parties are smart, they would try to educate the public and hang their whole protest on the "anti-bailout" hook.

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Is Cap-And-Trade Dead This Year?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Gas Prices, Foreign Oil, Cloture, President Obama, Economy, Washington, Filibuster, Democratic, Obama, Lightswitch Tax, Conventional Wisdom, Filibuster Proof, Republican, Cap-and-Trade, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Reconciliation, Energy, Gas, House, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Energy Policy, Democrats, Barack Obama, Fast Track, Education, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Tax, Oil, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats are all but admitting that they're killing off cap-and-trade for this year's legislative season. When the time comes, they will be blaming the Republicans, even though their own cowardice is the real culprit.

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How to pay for the next war

Donald Cohen | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Afghanistan, Tax, War Tax, War, Politics News
Donald Cohen

President Obama announced that we would add 4,000 more troops to the 17,000 he already ordered to Afghanistan. In his address to Congress, he also ...

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Solving The Buffett Conundrum On Taxes

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Populism, President Obama, Capital Gains Taxes, Income Taxes, Buffet Secretary, Secretary, Million, Obama, Tax the Rich, Bush Tax Cuts, Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Tax Policy, Millionaire, Capital Gains, Inequity, Fairness, Unfair, Taxes, Hedge Fund Manager, Buffett, Budget, Hedge Fund, Tax Rate, Barack Obama, Buffett Conundrum, Wall Street, Tax, Chris Weigant, Bracket, Warren Buffett, Santelli, Hillary Clinton, Billionaire, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama has leaked his first budget outline, and it appears he is serious about attempting to fix this tax policy travesty.

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Tax the Guzzler, Not the Gas

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Gas, Tax, Recession, Taxes, Driving, Poverty, Public Transportation, Poor, Politics News
Terry Curtis Fox

Taxing gas is like taxing food -- it's purely regressive, hitting the poorest hardest for what is -- in most of the country where there is no public transportation -- a necessity of life.

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Obama's Economic Recovery Plan Is Almost As Pure As Ivory Soap

Bill Scher | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Tax, Stimulus, Economy, Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Obama Stimulus Plan, Congress, Economic Stimulus Package, Obama Stimulus, Economic Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Obama Economy, Congressional Budget Office, Politics News
Bill Scher

This is the biggest and boldest progressive legislation in 40 years. By all means, register your complaints against the business tax cuts. But don't let that dampen your enthusiasm for this historic measure.

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A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Business Expense, Loophole, Tax Code, Maximum Wage, Populism, Kucinich, Sherrod Brown, Corporate Tax, Stock Options, Corporate, Business, Wastefulness, Corporate Jet, Pelosi, Business Costs, Big Business, Bailout, Luxury, Taxable, Populist, Ceos, Deductibility, Taxpayer Money, Capital Gains, Reid, Detroit, Elijah Cummings, Auto Companies, Taxes, Greed, Citigroup, Democrat, Business Tax, Congress, Loopholes, Democrats, Income Tax, Profit, Resort, Fat Cat, Tax, Corporations, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Shareholder, Outrage, Business Meeting, Stadium Tax, Mets, Deductible, Stadium Naming, Deduction, Tax Deductible, Cummings, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

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Not a Dime... Unless

Murray Fromson | Posted 12.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, U.S. Economy, Humvees, Tesla Motors, General Motors, Tax, Economy, Ford, Cars, Department of Energy, Auto Industry, 2008 Election, Detroit, Business News
Murray Fromson

What a way to emerge from the excitement of last Tuesday's election than to read about the three major automakers plea for another handout.

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Joe the Plumber's Imaginary Empire

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Debate, Tax, Economy, Middle Class, Joe the Plumber, Tax Cuts, Maverick, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

The truth about Joe is that he is not a licensed plumber and he's never made more than $40,000 dollars a year in that trade.

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