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House Democrats Propose $50 Billion For Jobs-Boosting Projects

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Hoyer, Mass Transit, SBA Loans, Tax Credits, Jobs Bill, Pelosi, Jobs, Job Training, Unemployment Rate, Stimulus, Transportation, Deficit, Infrastructure, Senate, Unemployment, Education Jobs, Financial Crisis, Medicaid, Americorps, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Responding to calls among rank-and-file Democrats for more infrastructure spending, House leaders Tuesday unveiled a plan to add al...

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Homebuyer Tax Credits Went To Four-Year-Olds

AOL | Patricia Murphy | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Homebuyers, Charles Boustany, Homebuyer Tax Credit, Taxes, John Lewis, Russell George, House Ways and Means Committee, 4 Year Old, Four Year Old, Tax Code, Tax Credits, Business News

There have been more than 500 instances of adults using the names of minors -- including a four-year-old -- to qualify for the first-time homebuyer ta...

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The Government Needs to Take the Reins In Job Creation

Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Obama Job Creation, Job Creation, Tax Credit, Politics News
Sen. Arlen Specter

Recent signs of recovery and those who say the recession is over are cold comfort for the millions who are still searching for work or have stopped looking. Their world is bound by paying the bills and raising families.

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Losing Jobs to Jersey

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Taxes, Empire-State-Development-Corporation, Empire Zones, Biotechnology, Tax Credits, New Jersey, David Paterson, New York State, Economic Development, Recession, New York City, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, New York News
Kathryn Wylde

Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. is just the latest in a string of firms lured across the Hudson by state incentives. Since the '80s, major New York employers have moved tens of thousands of jobs.

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Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

The New York Times | Jackie Calmes | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Layoffs, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Jobless, Operating Losses, Unemployment Benefits, Laid Off, Job Creation, Safety Net, Stimulus, Recession, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With unemployment expected to rise well into next year even as the economy slowly recovers, the Obama administration and Democratic lead...

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Toxic Assets: Government's New Programs Aim To Buy Buy Banks' Bad Assets, Help Home Buyers

Washington Post | Renae Merle and David Cho | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Finance, Tax Credits, Banks, Troubled Assets, Housing and Economic Recovery Act, Mortgages, Fannie Mae, Recession, Obama, Real Estate, Bad Assets, Geithner, Billions, Freddie Mac, Toxic Assets, Housing, Treasury, Lending, Tarp, Business News

The Obama administration is close to rolling out two initiatives aimed at addressing lingering problems from the financial crisis: A long-delayed effo...

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Nightmare On Elm and Maple Streets

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Attorneys, Stress, Tax Credits, First-Time-Buyer, Homeowners, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Short Sales, Home Foreclosures, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

Since Labor Day passed, I have felt less like a real estate lawyer and more like a character actor in an awful horror movie.

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Sen. Baucus Health Care Proposals Expands Burdens, Not Coverage, to Uninsured Americans

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Coverage Shortfalls, Senator Max Baucus, Insurance Industry, Tax Credits, Prior Existing Conditions, Uninsured, Under Insured, President Barack Obama, Poverty Level, Health Care Reform, Exclusions, Politics News
Ray Hanania

The Baucus plan avoids exclusions on pre-existing conditions and does not limit costs to a reasonable level -- which makes it unworkable.

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Three Things Still Wrong With the Housing Market

Charlie Farrell | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Rates, Housing, Tax Incentives, Home Values, Tax Credits, Business News
Charlie Farrell

We've gotten a bit of good news lately on the housing front with more new home sales and a slight bump in home prices, but the market is still completely dysfunctional.

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Taking on Jim Cramer

Jim Randel | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Tax Credits, Finance, Fed, Economy, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Business, Housing Crisis, Jim Cramer, Business News
Jim Randel

Jim Cramer may like housing stocks, but if he is betting his ranch on the fact that housing prices will spike again like they did in the early part of this century, he'd better hedge his bets.

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10 "Simple" Steps to Health Care Reform

Francine Hardaway | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Ehrs, Health, Insurance Reform, Dna Testing, Tax Credits, US Congress, Insurance Companies, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Francine Hardaway

Here are ten simple things we can do to reform health care.

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Federal Tax Credits for Solar Power Improvements

Ginna Kelly | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Solar Tax Credits, Obama, Solar Energy, Tax Credits, Solar Power, Green News
Ginna Kelly

The average homeowner can encourage solar power by claiming generous tax credits of 30 percent for home improvements.

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Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Tom Delay, Rising Sea Level, Tax Credits, Greenwashing, Pacific Gas & Electric, Somali Pirates, Terra Choice, Green News, Solar Energy Projects, Spam, Birds, Green News Report, Coral Reefs, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

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Paper Company Tax Boondoggle: Paying Companies To Add Fossil Fuels

The Nation | Christopher Hayes | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Credit Fossil Fuels, Tax Credits, Fossil Fuels, Paper Companies, Business News

Thanks to an obscure tax provision, the United States government stands to pay out as much as $8 billion this year to the ten largest paper companies....

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A Recipe for Cooking the American Consumer in Boiling Oil

David Blume | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Tax Credits, Ethanol, Alcohol Fuel, Crude Oil Prices, Green News
David Blume

GAS PRICES ARE UP: A recipe for Cooking the American Consumer in Boiling Oil. By David Blume As I have documented in my book Alcohol Can Be A Gas! a...

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Auto Dealers Critical to U.S. Economy

Grant Cardone | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Credits, Auto Dealers, Bailout, Grant Cardone, Recession, Finances, Nada, Auto Business, Obama Stimulus, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Economic Stimulus, Business News
Grant Cardone

While the manufacturers have been given most, if not, all the attention, the reality is if your local auto dealers don't survive and prosper the manufacturers will have no need to build product.

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Tax Credits Worth Pursuing This Year

Wall Street Journal | ANNAMARIA ANDRIOTIS | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Tax Credits, Tax Tips, Business News

The very factors that have consumers worried about affording this year's tax bill could work in their favor this tax season. Taxpayers whose wages ...

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Newt Gingrich and the GOP's New Welfare Talking Points

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tax Credits, Newt Gingrich, Earned Income Tax Credit, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

Remember welfare? The GOP does, fondly. Not that they want pre-Clinton welfare programs back, they just want the issue back (kind of how they miss the...

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Greening Hollywood: Staples Goes Solar

Paige Donner | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, Green Jobs, LA City Council, Tax Credits, Lakers, L.A. Live, Green LA, Solar Power Inc., Solar Energy, Nokia Theater, Green Energy, Staples Center, Aeg, Solar Roof Panels, Photovoltaic, Celtics, Eric Garcetti, Ladwp, Alternative Energy, SoCal Edison, Solar Investment Tax Credits, Greenhouse Gases, Lee Zeidman, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Itc, Million Solar Roofs Plan CA, Steve Kircher, Green News
Paige Donner

According to an economic study released last week, California's green policies will create as many as 403,000 jobs in the next 12 years and household incomes will increase by $48 billion.

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Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Credits Sweeten Bailout Bill

Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Cars, Chevy Volt, Tax Credits, Gm, Bailout Bill, Plug-in Cars, Plug-in Hybrids, Green News

The original "bailout plan" by Treasury Secretary Paulson was 3 pages long. The Senate version that was passed last night (H.R. 1424) is now 451 page...

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Spotlight on the House: Now is the Time for Renewable Energy Tax Credits

Rep. Jerry McNerney | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Tax Credits, Renewable Energy, Economic Growth, Green Energy, New Jobs, Politics News
Rep. Jerry McNerney

Each day that passes without legislative action means greater potential for job loss, decreased investment and ultimately less domestic production of renewable energy.

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Obama: College Should Be Affordable For Everyone

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Tuition Plan, College Aid, Financial Aid, Obama College Students, College Voters, Debt, Student Debt, College Loans and Debt, College Loans, Student Loans, Tax Credits, Politics News

TAYLOR, Mich. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama recalled paying off his own mountain of student loan debt and promised struggling...

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