Tax Rebates

Time to Rise Above Racism and Self-Interest

Rachel Farris | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home


Rachel Farris

There are thousands of people in this country like my Uncle Billy, and they will go to the polls on November 4th with ignorance settled deep in their souls.

Obama Shifts, Says He May Back Offshore Drilling

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics


ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil...

Neither the Fed nor Popular Financial Advice Provide Economic Solution

Grant Cardone | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business


Grant Cardone

America has become a country of people that waste too much. We have gotten away from exactly what made this country great in the first place -- production!

Tax Rebate Checks Do Little For Consumer Confidence

The Los Angeles Times | Richard Fausset, P.J. Huffstutter and Stephen Braun | Posted 08.05.2008 | Business


ATLANTA -- It is better than nothing. That has been the subdued mantra repeated by working Americans in recent weeks as they spend the Bush administr...

Tax Rebates Being Used To Cover Cost Of Living

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business


CHICAGO — Many Americans allowed themselves to fantasize about large-screen TVs, European vacations and other luxuries when they learned of the ...

Tax Rebate Checks 2008: Is Your Check In The Mail?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.10.2008 | Business


The economic stimulus package will be mailed out according to a Social Security Number schedule, according to this report of when tax rebate checks go...

Back to the Most Important Story in the Country, After a Word from Our Sponsors

Patt Morrison | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media


Patt Morrison

Rather than rolling over to the privatizing of public discourse, the FCC should muster some guts and insist that networks, broadcast and cable, take turns broadcasting presidential debates in real time, commercial-free, to the entire nation.

Have Tax Rebate, Will Take Vacation

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For many Americans, those tax rebate checks meant to stimulate the economy will be coming just in time _ for a vacation. The...

IRS Uses YouTube To Spread Tax Rebate News

USA Today | Erin Kutz | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business


The IRS is taking a cue from aspiring comedians and Barack Obama aficionados this week, making use of YouTube to get its message out. The agency prod...

Most Americans Will Save, Not Spend, Tax Rebate Checks

CNN/Money | Ben Rooney | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business


Tax rebates are the centerpiece of the government's plan to stimulate the economy, but many Americans are planning to put the money in the bank or use...

IRS Sending Out Millions of Alerts

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Don't be alarmed. More than 130 million households will get letters from the Internal Revenue Service beginning next week and the n...

Bush On $4 Gas: "I Hadn't Heard That"

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


During a White House news conference Thursday morning, President Bush said the country is not headed into a recession, noting that the government has ...

Tax Rebate Stimulus Boost Will Wear Off

MarketWatch | Rex Nutting | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


There's a lot of skepticism in the country about how effective the $168 billion fiscal stimulus package will be, but economists who've crunched the nu...

Economic Stimulus Package: No Stimulus for Green Energy

Miranda Marquit | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Miranda Marquit

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.

Rebates Could Stave Off Long Recession

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Despite remarkably quick passage, the economic aid plan and its cash rebates may come too late to prevent a recession this year. Fo...

Rebates: What You Need To Know

CNN Money | Jeanne Sahadi | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Lawmakers have given their final seal of approval to a $170 billion plan intended to spark the slowing economy. The plan's centerpiece: tax rebates. ...

Senate Adds Aged, Vets to Stimulus Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The Senate passed an economic rescue plan Thursday that would speed $600 to $1,200 in rebates to most taxpayers and $300 checks to ...

Bush Devotes Little Time To Economy In State Of The Union

New York Times | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Facing an unstable economy and an unfinished war, President Bush used his final State of the Union address Monday night to call for quick passage of h...