[update- march 4, 2009- there is evidently a 250 extra payment for some persons on ssi and veterans- i've tried to find out exact details but kinda hazy. at least its not in mixed up tax refund and my estranged husband can't get his hands on it, like he took my stimulus in 2008.... but, alas, i am not holding my breath. i know it sounds greedy of me, but the rise in inflation and decrease in non-profit ngo help available, including decreasing amounts in food box contents- due to reduced amounts of people who can manage to donate and increased amount of people needing extra help- have made things very difficult. i've been against gambling all my life but i find myself buying scratch tickets when i get groceries, as an investment, not an entertainment....the only chance to get anything extra...] I have loooked and loooked at the stimulus package and there is help for ppl able to work and have jobs, ppl able to work who are unemployed, ppl in school, but no direct help for the disabled who cannot wolrk and are on SSI, SSD, or VA Disability. looks like you have to earn a certain amount before you are "really" affected by the recession/depression... No refund or refundable credit on taxes, as it says a percentage of taxes or 500, whichever is LESS, and i guess "zero" is less. i dunno bout the rest of the ppl on disability, but the folks i know living at a fraction of the poverty level are smacked down by this recession/depression pretty darn bad, especially w state benefit and assistance cuts, shortages at foodbanks and depletion of community sources of assistance
i guess we just don't really matter to the new pres and dems... after all my partner and i make a combined total of 900 a month and only were able to donate about 70 dollars over the course of the campaigns, so we don't count...
There are two interesting articles in today's Sunday Business section of the New York Times. The first is Janet Rae-Dupree's article entitled Innovation Should Mean More Jobs, Not Less. In the piece Ms. Rae-Dupree cites a Silicon Valley petition circulating seeking to create a tax credit for companies that spend on information technology like computers and software. Things to further research:
Hello all, let me introduce myself. My name is Adam, and I am a freshman at the University of Wisconsin. I am originally from Erie, Pennsylvania. In five days, I will be voting in my first general election. Of course, I will be voting for Barack Obama; I also voted for him in the primary election.
I'm just going to use this blog to discuss why I feel Barack Obama is the best choice to lead this country. Today, I'd like to touch on a couple of many reasons.
First of all, Barack Obama's plan to roll back George W. Bush's tax breaks for the wealthy is something that will benefit the entire country. As it stands, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. In one of the most developed countries in the world, this is unacceptable. I've heard the argument that this is penalizing people for working hard. That is nonsense- people who are struggling financially deserve a chance to receive returns on their hard work as well, which is what this rollback will do.
ohn McCain is just carrying forward failed/flawed Republican/Bush policies for health insurance. Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize for Economics: On Feb. 11, 2005, he referred to Bush as ``someone who takes food from the mouth of babes and gives the proceeds to his millionaire friends.'' On Jan. 22, 2007, Bush, with his plan to use tax credits to buy health insurance, is ``not even trying to hide his fundamental indifference to the plight of the less- fortunate,'' Krugman wrote. Here, once again, we can see that J
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Just saw where McCain is claiming Obama's growth plans will harm job creation during this recession, so that somehow suggests he doesn't understand the economy or is acting irresponsibly. Beyond the irony of this coming from McCain's people, I've heard it before. To qoute the GOP, raising taxes on companies will discourage job creation and raising capital gains taxes will diminish tax revenues. Like Public Enemy said - Don't Believe the Hype.
