Reid Picks Pelosi's Pocket To Pay For Business Tax Break
In order to fund business tax breaks and an extension of a first-time homebuyers tax credit this week, Harry Reid swiped one of Nancy Pelosi's revenue...
In order to fund business tax breaks and an extension of a first-time homebuyers tax credit this week, Harry Reid swiped one of Nancy Pelosi's revenue...
Wall Street Journal | JOHN D. MCKINNON | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service is examining more than 100,000 suspicious claims for the first-time home-buyer tax break, another sign of p...
David Sirota | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver
Republic is effectively trying to get in on the Great American Jobs scam by holding a gun to our elected officials' heads: Either hand over the cash, the airline is saying to the pols, or we'll slash jobs.
Les Leopold | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business
Collectively, the Forbes 400 have $1.57 trillion in wealth. It's hard to get your mind around a number like that. So let's imagine that it was available for the public good. What does $1.57 trillion buy?
David Segal | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
Former Washington governor Gary Locke has worked hard to minister to the needs of the hometown corporation. Since being appointed as commerce secretary, he has an even higher perch from which he can do so.
David Sirota | Posted 09.15.2009 | Denver
Republic Airways is threatening to take jobs out of the city unless it gets new tax breaks. In response, Denver leaders like Mayor Hickenlooper have agreed to quickly put together a package of such favors.
Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living
I was surprised by the amount of warnings I received about how I should breast-feed my child. While I never considered doing otherwise, I have to wonder how this pressure feels to women who are unable to breast-feed.
Greg Saunders | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics
Bitching about taxes is America's true pastime. So when a few thousand people gather on tax day to whine about their taxes, it's hardly the second coming of the American Revolution.
LA Times | Kathy M. Kristof | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business
A slew of deductions and credits could save you thousands of dollars. Use 'em or lose 'em....
John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
If Congress have lost sight of what this economic crisis is about and whom the stimulus plan is supposed to be helping, perhaps the following sobering statistics will serve as a reminder.
Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
The money in this economic stimulus package is a small down payment on what is needed to give the U.S. the world class infrastructure we need.
Adrienne Birecree | Posted 11.25.2008 | Home
John McCain decries middle class tax cuts as "socialism" because they "spread the wealth around." What are tax cuts for corporate America and the wealthy then? There indeed has been an increase in "socialism" in the U.S. but a smokescreen of conservative ideological rhetoric has hidden it for decades.
Planet Green | Josh Peterson | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green
Uncle Sam wants you to green up your act! The United States government is offering tax incentives and credits to people who renovate their homes with ...
Ryan Mack | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business
I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.
AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The tax audit rates of the largest companies are less than half what they were 20 years ago while more small and mid-size businesse...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan package of tax breaks and other steps designed to help businesses and homeowners weather...
Bankrate Via CNBC | Kay Bell | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business
Tax time is winding down. For most of us who've yet to file a return, the reason for the delay is that we owe Uncle Sam. We might be able to shave so...
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The House approved $18 billion in new taxes on the largest oil companies Wednesday as Democrats cited record oil prices and rising ...
Miranda Marquit | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The economic stimulus in question focuses a great deal on a short-term fix, rather than a long-term fundamental change. It's reactionary when it should be visionary.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics