For the soon-to-come, “human infrastructure” proposal, the administration pledges to cover all of the reported $2 trillion in outlays by increasing sundry levies on wealthy individuals and high earners. The package takes aim at people making over $400,000 a year. It would hike the ra...
They think that making government bigger automatically generates benefit for the economy, even if the money goes to thieves and crooks. I’m not joking. This is why people like Paul Krugman said a fake attack by space aliens would be good for the economy because Washington would spend a ...
Three billion to provide refinancing for underwater mortgages? If that was executed perfectly, it MIGHT refinance 15,000 homes nationwide. Why even bother doing... (Continue reading)Tagged with: 50 state AGs banking lobby current economic conditions diana olick double dip economic stimulus elizabeth...
Some people do not feel that those checks should be sent out. The funds should be allocated to other areas. Minnesota has quite a large surplus of money. And Governor Walz would like to send out some checks again. Here are the limits. Individuals making $75,000 or less would receive $1...
Expectations are building for a port strike affecting terminals on the US East and Gulf coasts next week. About 45,000 workers could be impacted. A shutdown could disrupt about 36% of US imports, 40% of exports and roughly 8% of global trade. However, the specter of a strike caused man...
$75,000,000 for PBS & NPR Thanks for the chump change for us and six trillion for corporations. “Corporations are people, my friend.” Sorry senator, this bill should be dead with all the awful crap in it. Now I can only pray it either dies in the house or potus vetoes it. Real...
The payments also become more important for individuals in lower-income categories. Nearly 7 in 10 individuals (or 69 percent) who make under $30,000 a year said the stimulus money will be very important for their financial situation. That compares with 36 percent of those making $80,000 or...
background noise and structural representation of the human body. The author found that structural information of human body representation was essential for people to accurately discriminate the walking direction, which leads to questions about which core features are necessary for identifying biological ...
Fiscal pressure led to an increase in LGFVs bidding for land. We found that the stimulus plan changed local governments' control over land leasing and land finance. Local governments hold more of the land market and inflate land prices following implementation of the stimulus plan....
Now, the IRS is making catch-up payments. This week, it added 50,000 people who had money withheld because of their spouse's unpaid child support to the list of people who will get catch-up payments. Other families who were also expecting more money, specifically for their dependent childr...