Barack Obama Vows Future Budget Restraint

To a public wary of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a salve with his massive economic stimulus package: ... to embrace deficit-reduction goals even as he promotes a spending and tax-cutting plan — expected to cost ... debt that we have," said Rep. Dennis Moore of Kansas, a member of the congressional Blue Dogs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:35:48

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Sovereign Debts: Let the Downgrades Begin!

Making good its warning, the US credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit rating of Greece amidst a deteriorating economic ... the government's ability to improve its budget position through better tax collection and higher property or income taxes is offset by the rising cost of debt servicing and public pressure for additional [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:27:00

Radical Reform for What Ails’ya

Incoming Speaker of the State House of Representatives Chris Donovan, “resisting a radical tag,” says about himself, “I’m a mainstream politician now ... of Sophie’s Choice: They can either raise taxes to liquidate the debt, or radically cut costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 23:48:00

Cross Bay Bridge Rebate May Be Voided by Tonia Cimino - The Queens Courier

Read original...With these tough economic times, any kind of rebate or freebie helps ... to plummeting tax revenues, higher fuel costs and elevated debt service obligations. The MTA awaits ... with E-ZPass pay $1.55 each way; $2.50 for cash.“Elimination of the resident rebate program at Cross [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 03:51:00

Minn. StarTribune Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Many in the Minneapolis area call the paper the RedStarTribune for its often overbearing leftist point of view, ... its debt and lower its labor costs. Like most newspapers, the Star Tribune has experienced a sharp decline in print advertising. Its earnings before interest, taxes and debt payments was about $26 million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:44:50

Media on Henry and Peters

Media on Henry and Peters August 20th, 2008 at 6:17 am The NZ Herald reports: The immediate past president of the Bar Association, Jim Farmer, QC, ... of doing it, as the $40,000 Henry paid is not a tax deductible expense. It was not a debt he owed ... for the costs settlement in March 2006. How can he know this? If $100,000 from Glenn went [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 18:17:26

From Unpaid Council Tax To Bankruptcy

debt-demand Unpaid council tax should indeed be chased down ... councils are turning hundreds of pounds of debt into a five figure sum through legal costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:06:00

The Brown Calculator

The Taxpayers' Alliance have produced a report examining Gordon Brown's economic reputation ... and the cost of administering the tax system has increased by at least 75 per cent.PUBLIC DEBT: Since the Government's commitment to match Conservative spending plans expired in 2000, public debt [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 10:45:00

The Debt-to-Income Ratio: How Much House Can You Afford?

Housing is the largest expense in the budget of most families. But how much is too much to spend on shelter? ... of her grandfather’s home. The loan that made up the difference, with closing costs, broker’s fee, taxes ... my compassion. Ms. Natale (who has three children) took out a housing loan that left her just $100 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 13:00:08

Life in Gordon Browns socialist "Cool Britannia" - Debt collectors to pay for social engineering.

Yep, common sense go's out of the window. Never mind that folk can not pay the ever expanding tax bills, ... huge legal costs arising from bank-rupcy orders that dwarf the original debt, according to Citizens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 10:14:00

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