Tag: economics
member name: Duane B.
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February 16, 2007 11:11 AM EST --
Would you like to pay more or less Federal Income taxes? It sounds like a silly question, but flat tax proposals would shift a sizable tax burden from the top 10% of personal taxpayers to the remaining . . .
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July 21, 2007 06:50 PM EDT --
Living below your means is a conscious decision to take control of your financial present and future. It means making a commitment to save money every month and to reduce your level . . .
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November 27, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
Merrill Lynch has published the 2006 World Wealth Report that provides some interesting details on the 9.5 million high net worth individuals (HNWI) in the world that have . . .
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March 09, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
The current massive lending/mortgage/credit crisis has spawned a new, but quite understandable, response on the part of the financially crunched hone owners: just locate a new place to live you . . .
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March 17, 2008 11:57 AM EDT --
We all know that we are in the middle of a sub prime home mortgage crisis that has developed into a general credit crisis that has generated the loss of trillions of dollars in the stock markets . . .
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July 25, 2006 11:23 AM EDT --
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For several years I have noticed the TV ads for Video Professor, a company that gives away free CD's that will teach you how to operate popular . . .
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May 17, 2006 10:54 AM EDT --
Americans are always encouraged to believe in the power of free markets. If someone invents a new product that is needed and fills a demand, the free market system will ensure that the inventor . . .
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May 28, 2006 02:19 PM EDT --
According to the popular press and other media sources, ethanol and ethanol-gasoline blends are going to be the solution to the current and future oil crisis. TV ads point out that corn, one of our . . .
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August 21, 2006 01:56 PM EDT --
Twenty-four states have minimum wage levels the same as the current Federal rate of $5.15, but six of those states have proposals on the November ballot to increase their minimum wage to between $6.15 . . .
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February 06, 2007 10:29 PM EST --
The Tax Foundation, a Washington D.C. nonpartisan tax research organization, is concerned that we have a growing number of lower incomes individuals and families in our nation that are not paying any, . . .
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February 28, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
A twelve-year-old Maryland boy died from complications of an abscessed tooth when the bacteria from the tooth spread to his brain. The boy was hospitalized due to the brain infection and . . .
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August 03, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The only thing that is constant in life is change. We see, hear and feel the constant change in our modern lives every day. Not only does change affect our personal lives, but, . . .
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March 06, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
The latest example of Washington’s smoke and mirrors on attempting to find a solution to our healthcare crisis is a proposal of SC Senator Jim DeMint to let individuals and families to establish . . .
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December 08, 2007 01:12 PM EST --
William Saletan, writing in Slate, criticizes a study that appeared in Nature Neuroscience that concludes that “conservatives” are less intelligent, . . .
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January 06, 2008 10:20 AM EST --
Politics has often be referred to as "the art of the possible", but paralleling the growth of extreme and hard line religious factions in many mainstream religions of the . . .
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January 25, 2008 10:20 AM EST --
It looks like the $ 150 billion economic stimulus plan agreed to by the White House and Congress will put a maximum of $1,800 into the hands of a married couple with two . . .
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February 22, 2008 09:57 AM EST --
I always experience a twinge of annoyance and irritation whenever I hear someone in government refer to Social Security and Medicare as an "entitlement" when they are trying . . .
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March 03, 2008 11:40 AM EST --
This morning, March 3, 2008, Warren Buffet, one of the wealthiest persons in the world, is the guest of CNBC. The Oracle of Omaha is discussing a wide variety of subjects, including the . . .
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November 11, 2007 10:48 AM EST --
President John. F. Kennedy is credited with the following quote: “A rising tide lifts all boats.” This quote is often used to justify the reduction . . .
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April 28, 2008 09:39 PM EDT --
With crude oil prices pushing toward $120 a barrel and predictions that they may reach $175, it is important to understand a little about how the crude oil market functions. A number . . .
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