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Question: Why do Republicans like to borrow and spend?

Republicans like to say “i want to cut your taxes”

Then when your back is turned they take out the federal credit card and borrow over a trillion dollars.

For some reason they never offer a plan to pay any of the money back.

Ane we accept this style of government year after year.

Because we don’t feel the imediate pain of borrowed money. It allows us to pretend that it didn’t happen. Until the value of the dollar tanks. Until we get to the point where we have to beg China to buy our bonds.

In 40 years China will be the #1 country in the world.

They owe their success to our willingness to send all our manufacturing jobs to China. In return we get to pay lower prices at Walmart and Target.

So when you see a Congressman or Senator pat him on the back for a job well done.

Speak truth to power.

Mr. News

Answer: The whole issue is the spending part of that equation. Unfortunately both parties love to spend spend spend. One party like to use excessive taxes and the other likes to borrow. What we need is someone to cut spending and hopefully McCain is the guy to do that..

EXTEND & PRETEND: Stage I Comes to an End

Both came to an end at the same time: the administration’s policy to Extend & Pretend has run out of time as has the patience of the US electorate with the government’s Keynesian economic policy responses.

5-year extension of targeted jobs tax credits: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Savings, Pensions, and Investment Policy of the Committee on Finance, … Congress, first session, November 22, 1985 $14.99 This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library’s large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to c…

Wage subsidies and jobs for the disadvantaged: Applying the targeted jobs tax credit in an operating environment (Manpower and human resources studies) …

Targeted Jobs Tax Credits; Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of $29.04 Title: Targeted Jobs Tax Credits : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, September 29, 1994 Publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office Publication date: 1995 Subjects: New jobs tax credit — United State…

So Where Are the Jobs?

Question: Another question about the $6500 tax credit…?

One question that I have been unable to find the answer to is…
How long will you be required to maintain the new residence as your primary home after purchasing? Or is there any provision in place?

A friend that took advantage of the $8000 the 1st go round said he had to stay in his house 3yrs I think? Would like to know if I will be in the same boat if I take advantage of the new $6500 credit.

Answer: I think it is now 5 years but it still may be 3 years. Look it up at the IRS.GOV

GM looks to banks to secure line of credit

General Motors plans to file its initial public offering in mid- August, sources familiar with the situation said Friday. GM is also in talks with banks for a revolving credit line worth $5 billion, sources said.[...]

First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Information, 6500 Tax Credit

Question: Why do you think a former Bush economic advisor is arguing for a carbon tax?

At yesterday’s Deals & Deal Makers Conference in New York, Glenn Hubbard, the Columbia Business School Dean and former Bush administration economic adviser, argued in favor of a carbon tax.

http://blogs.wsj.com/energy/2007/06/28/hubbard-argues-for-a-carbon-tax/

Hubbard supports either a carbon tax or a carbon cap and trade system in which the carbon credits are auctioned off. He does not support a cap and trade system in which the credits are given away, because then the government isn’t getting any funds from the process.

Hubbard basically feels that the government can redistribute funds from a carbon tax to reduce other taxes and have no net tax increase.

This is no liberal. This is a former Bush economic advisor who was instrumental in Bush’s 2003 tax cuts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Hubbard_(economics)

What do you think about this conservative economist pushing for a carbon tax?

Answer: Think when I heard him on NPR he mentioned a carbon tax is a good idea if it is offset by a tax reduction in some other area. A “no net gain” in taxes kind of thing. The economics of it makes sense – find a way to use less fuel (electricity included if made from fossil fuel), and pay less taxes – a good incentive. He also mentioned that the taxes should be used for developing alternative fuels and such.

This would help spur innovation to reduce global warming (think that is the point of the carbon tax), but unfortunately more needs to happen.

Travel companies get creative with paperwork

Whether you are bumped from a flight, forced to cancel a cruise or filing an insurance claim, you have rights. Problem is, companies are getting creative with their definitions. Insurance – Recreation – United States – Business – Financial Services

Don’t Panic! Carbon Tax for YouTube users next?

Question: How messy is your room/home office/home workspace right now and why?

No matter how much I toss I can’t seem to make any headway, I am this close to just throwing it all out! It is either keep it all or toss it all. You never know what to save anymore – pefect example – we can get an income tax credit on our phone bills for the past 3 years I think…who keeps phone bills that long?!?!? This credit is for the “normal” residential customers and businesses. The normal customers usually toss bills after they’ve been paid, no? *ARRGH*

Answer: Tel me about it. I can’t rid of any of my paper either and I feel like the pile never goes down and i feel overloaded.

Tax credits boost home sales 39%?

Federal tax credits for homebuyers helped fuel a 39 percent surge in home sales in Connecticut in May compared with a year ago, The Warren Group reported Monday.

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Low interest rates, tax credit lift march sales.(REAL ESTATE)(Statistical table): An article from: Los Angeles Business Journal $9.95 This digital document is an article from Los Angeles Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on April 13, 2009. The length of the article is 6991 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Low interest rates, tax credit lift …

New tax credits to help boost area home sales?(REAL ESTATE): An article from: San Diego Business Journal $9.95 This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on March 9, 2009. The length of the article is 435 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: New tax credits to help boost area home …

(Cleveland Real Estate) For Sale First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Able

Question: Question????

I live with my partner who works full time for minimum wage and we get child tax credit and working tax credits both at the high rate.
I am going to start working part time 3 hours a week, 100 pounds a month.
Would I have to pay tax on this 100 a month and would my tax credits go down?

Answer: This is a change in your circumstances. You must advise HMRC of this. They will be able to discuss your case individually with you.

Saturday’s Last Word on Friday

Stimulus money “Regarding the article ‘Look who got stimulus millions—you’ (June 19 Gazette): Now you know why we’re so annoyed at the stimulus. I thought it was to be shovel-ready jobs, not College of William & Mary, Williamsburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Williamsburg Area Transit, food stamps, unemployment benefits or tax credits for one-time retirement spiff. Where are the shovel …

Individual marginal tax rates under the U.S. tax and transfer system: Effects of the 1986 and 1993 tax acts (Working paper series / University of Maryland, Department of Economics) …

General equilibrium cost benefit analysis of education and tax policies (NBER working paper series) …

A program of low-wage-employment tax credits: To pull up the employment and wage rates of the disadvantaged (Russell Sage Foundation working paper) …

Interest Rates, Tax Credits, Schiff For Senate Money Bomb