Voting for an Odious Tax Deal
The Democrats should vote for extending the income tax breaks, because this deal is the only one they are going to get.
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Students return to school for master’s degrees due to economy
One week after Neal Winn, 30, graduated from Connecticut College in 2002, he was employed with the Hartford Insurance Group. It took Winn a year before he realized insurance was not his business and set out to find a more interesting field to lend his skills.
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Should you buy or keep renting?
In these uncertain times, people more than ever need to know which housing strategy makes more financial sense, buying or renting. Two brothers in Virginia have a website that can help answer that question. Housing isn’t the investment it used to be. Or is it?
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Give mayor’s son money: Commissioner
Mississauga judicial inquiry commissioner Douglas Cunningham recommended today that Peter McCallion receive more taxpayers’ money to cover his legal bills.
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School board group to lobby against tax-exempt housing
PLAINSBORO — In an action that would have statewide ramifications, the New Jersey School Boards Association has been authorized to lobby for legislation that requires private schools and colleges to reimburse public school districts for the cost of educating children who live in tax-exempt houses on their campuses.
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“Quantitative easing”-AKA printing money
If you follow the economic headlines, a term you’ve probably encountered over the past few weeks is “quantitative easing.” The term refers to the Federal Reserve’s purchase of U.S. Treasury securities. In essence, the U.S. Department of Treasury issues the securities and the U.S. Federal Reserve buys them. Put another way, the U.S. government buys its own debt.
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Shelter facing cut to funding
The North Platte Telegraph The Connection homeless shelter in North Platte is about to be faced with another hurdle. According to Nebraska Homeless Assistance Program Coordinator Charles Coley, funding from the NHAP will be slashed by about 40 percent next year.
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