Congress has decided Its time to selectively tax anyone in the US who makes more than $250,000 a year. Upper brackets not ony should bear the burden of a new health care system, they now can bear a surcharge to finance US wars. " ...
It may be a new fiscal year, but Pennsylvania is stuck in the same fiscal rut. The state is spending more money than it takes in. That practice led to a record budget deficit last year and caused a 101-day budget impasse. It appears Gov. Rendell and the Pennsylvania...
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During last month's election in Germany, the voters decided on a new direction for Germany. They rejected the Social Democrats (SPD) which were part of the Great Coalition with Angela Merkel's CDU...
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Consultants and Government officials in the United States have come to the conclusion that the current money crisis and markets, pension funds have incurred losses that are insurmountable. The funds affected...
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has been both applauded and pilloried for his decision to suspend the final year of an income tax reduction of 21 percent. His supporters said it was a bold move, while his detractors said it was just a matter of time until he would do what Democrats...
A way for the Federal government to save over 100 million dollars, in a way that would benefit the market via all small businesses who count and handle cash, and save energy, paper, (zinc 97.5% of a penny) copper and nickel (nickels are 75% copper ) important metals very...
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We waited 80 days for this? Gov. Ed Rendell said there are no winners or losers in the compromise that ended Pennsylvania's 80-day-old budget impasse. Don't believe him. There are always winners and losers in every budget agreement and this one is no exception. If you...
Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today announced the nationwide American Liberty Tour, an outreach effort to organize concerned citizens beginning on September 10. It is scheduled to stop in...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has released tax collection numbers for the month of August, the second month of the new fiscal year (although the state still doesn't have a budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year).Without an approved budget and with last year's budget...
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" When I first started investigating this issue, I had no idea how difficult it would be. This has taken an enormous amount of time and patience. You would not know this was America. Was all the information we learned in High School Civics about "Public Servants", "Open...
If 18-year Real Estate Boom-Bust cycles are measured 14 years to the top (August 2007) 2 years to the edge, and 2 years to the final bust, this one is obviously not over yet. "Skip the Happy Talk This...
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Increasing taxes is a bad idea. The economy needs to grow to recover from the recession. More taxes will just slow down any possible recovery." House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling...
Pakistan is at a very sensitive juncture in its tenure of a nation. It has been in the limelight for the last one year due to its geared up involvement in the war against terrorism. Pakistan has lead its armed forces into its northern areas to combat against militants. The...
EXCERPT: This Robin Hood scenario has rarely happened in history. More efficient than trying to capture wealth downstream, after the elite has accumulated it, is to capture wealth upstream, preventing an elite from forming. A tax on income or sales or property captures wealth...
The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will hit consumers of petroleum fuels especially hard by dramatically increasing the costs of goods and services as noted in the graphic at right, according to two groups...