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Lawmakers Worry Whether Obama Tax Cut Will Stimulate Consumer Spending
The Democrats' stimulus plan would give a $400 tax cut to individuals and an $800 cut to couples. That boils down to an extra $13 a week for most workers starting in June, and would fall to about $8 extra per week next January. President Obama plans to sign his landmark economic recovery package Tuesday, but lawmakers are increasingly concerned that one of the bill's central proposals -- the tax cut for individuals -- will be too small and too temporary to have much effect.Middle Class Tax Cuts
***PUBLIC POST*** Coming soon: Middle class tax cuts? By Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com senior writer Remember all the talk during the presidential campaign about a middle-class tax cut? It could be showing up in your paycheck early next year.Caterpillar, GM, Pfizer, Home Depot and Sprint cutting thousands
msnbc.com staff and news service reports updated 10:30 a.m. CT, Mon., Jan. 26, 2009 PEORIA, Ill.Delilicious: Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs
Lisa Barnes, author of Petit Appetit: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, shares with LilSugar a classic sugar cookie recipe that works for all seasons — though it's especially great for a holiday party, cookie swap or playdate activity. Kids can help dump the measured ingredients into the mixing bowl and turn on and off the electric mixer to help make the dough. Of course the fun really begins with the cookie cutting and icing decorating.
Who benefits the most from the McCain capital gains tax cuts? (((public)))
Again With the Trickle Down!?! by Jared Bernstein If your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That's what came to mind this AM when I read that John McCain's plan to address the ailing economy includes a big cut in the capital gains tax rate, from 15% to 7.5% for the next two years.Fab Find- Forever 21 Mafia Peep Toe Bootie
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Fed cuts key interest rate(yet again) by half a % pt to 1%
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve has slashed a key interest rate by half a percentage point as it seeks to revive an economy hit by a long list of maladies stemming from the most severe financial crisis in decades. The central bank on Wednesday reduced its target for the federal funds rate, the interest banks charge on overnight loans, to 1 percent, a low last seen in 2003-2004. The funds rate has not been lower since 1958, when Dwight Eisenhower was president.Boston Globe cutting nearly 20% of staff over 3 months
Boston Globe cutting nearly 20% of staff over 3 months January 16, 2009 by Ethan Kendrick Filed under HP_Featured, News & Politics Leave a comment Less than a month after Pew Research published its finding that Americans now get more of their news online than from newspapers, the Boston Globe has announced further staff cuts. The slashing of up to 50 jobs from the current full-time staff of 379 will be the fifth major staff reduction for the paper since 2001. The last round came in November of last year when 42 layoffs were announced meaning there has been a 20% reduction in staff over only 3 months.
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