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Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says

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. " ...

PA headed for another fiscal crisis

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...

Angela Merkel's New Government build -pledges $24 Billion Tax Cut

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...

Public Pensions in Crisis

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...

In Ohio, Gov. Strickland must negotiate with Republicans

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...

100 million in cold hard cash

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...

80 days late, Pennsylvania has a budget deal

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...

American Liberty Tour Launches 9/10/09

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...

Red ink continues to flow in Pennsylvania

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...

Wright County MN Massive Financial Cover up Continues 2

" 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...

This Depression is just beginning

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...

House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high

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...

Fragile Economy of Pakistan pushes higher oil prices

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...

The Citizens Dividend Liberates Everyone

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...

If Passed, Cap-and-Trade Bill Will Cost You Dearly

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...

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