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Unemployment Programs In 40 States About To Go Broke

Washington Post | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Unemployment Benefits, Tax Revenue, Unemployment Benefits, Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance, Jobless, Financial Crisis, Business, Unemployment Rate, Politics News

The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go brok...

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Internet Purchases Shouldn't Be Subsidized

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Government, Taxes, Internet Policy, Budget Deficit, Internet Politics, Tax Revenue, Revenue, Business News
Mark Weisbrot

So we cannot afford to lose tens of billions of dollars in state and local tax revenues by exempting internet sales. But even if it were affordable, there is no good economic reason to do so.

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Neediest Hit Hardest By State Budget Cuts

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg, Ashley Surdin | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: State Budgets, Real Estate Transfer Taxes, Health Care Costs, Weak Economy, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Recession, Property Taxes, Budget Cuts, Energy Bills, Tax Revenue, Business News

In California's San Fernando Valley, Everardo Orozco, 53, who has AIDS, exhausted his medical benefits and can no longer afford the drugs that are kee...

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