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New Economic Stimulus And Transportation Accounts

March 10, 2009

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Does your employer offer a Transportation Spending Account?

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How Much Extra Will I See In My Paycheck Because Of The 2009 Economic Stimulus Package?

February 24, 2009

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What Benefits Will I See From The Stimulus Bill?
The last week or so I’ve been looking at the 2009 Economic Stimulus bill that was passed, and talking a little more in depth about what some of the benefits are that people can expect to receive. We talked about home buyer tax [...]

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Sales Tax Deductions For New Car Buyers in 2009 Obama Economic Stimulus Package

February 21, 2009

Buy A New Automobile, Get A Deduction!

Earlier this year President Obama signed into law the economic stimulus package. I posted about how individual taxpayers are affected by the stimulus bill, and looked at some of the things they can expect to receive.
One of the things added to the bill was a temporary provision that allows [...]

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First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit of $8,000 in 2009 Economic Stimulus Package

February 20, 2009

Stimulus Package Good For First Time Homebuyers

The 2009 Economic Stimulus Package passed and was signed into law earlier this week. On Wednesday I posted about what parts of the stimulus bill will affect individuals, and what benefits you can receive from the stimulus package.
Today I thought I’d take a closer look at one of those [...]

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How The Stimulus Package Will Affect Individuals: What Will I Get?

February 18, 2009

The Stimulus Bill Has Passed
Now that the $787 billion stimulus package has passed and been signed into law by President Obama, everyone is scrambling trying to figure out what they’ll get out of the deal.
CNN put out a post a couple of days ago detailing how the stimulus package would affect individual taxpayers. Here’s a [...]

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Congressional Budget Office Says 2009 Stimulus Package Could Be Harmful To Economy

February 6, 2009

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The Congressional Budget Office released a statement this week stating that they believed the current versions of the 2009 stimulus package would actually be harmful to our nation’s economy in the long run.
President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were to [...]

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Voter Support For Stimulus Package Is Dropping

February 5, 2009

The more I’ve been hearing about the stimulus package that President Obama has been pushing these past few weeks, the less I’ve liked about it. It seems to be full of all sorts of unnecessary spending, and a good deal of it not even targeted in ways that could actually help. Now, according to a [...]

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Obama 2009 Stimulus Plan Could Exceed $775 Billion Dollars

December 30, 2008

As the new year gets closer the President-elect and his team are making plans for the new year, and his first term in office.
One of the first things on the table, a stimulus package that could reach or exceed $775 billion dollars.
Regarding the new administration’s stimulus plan, Mr. Axelrod also said that the exact dollar [...]

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Obama Considers $500 Billion Stimulus Package For Early 2009

November 26, 2008

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Sounds like a stimulus plan is in the works, to be signed by President elect Obama once he is sworn in. From the Wall Street Journal:
Aides to President-elect Barack Obama and President George W. Bush are rushing to craft measures to shore up financial markets and prevent a policy vacuum [...]

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First A Stimulus Check. Is A $1000 Emergency Energy Rebate Next?

November 12, 2008

More government aid?
After reading an article over on fivecentnickel.com about the possibility of the Obama administration pushing for a $1000 Emergency Energy Rebate, I had to check it out for myself.
I found that while talk of an “energy rebate” isn’t recent news, the Obama campaign did talk on the campaign trail about giving a check [...]

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What Would People Do With A Stimulus Check? Reader Responses

October 23, 2008

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Stimulus Checks: Good Or Bad?
On a recent post discussing a possible second stimulus check, I asked my readers this question:
If a second stimulus package does materialize this fall, what will you do with your check? Will you:

Spend it (like they want you to)?
Save it
Use it to pay down debt?
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Bush, Bernanke Support A New Stimulus Package

October 21, 2008

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I thought that talks of a second stimulus check for Americans had been tabled due to recent economic woes, but today I read that once again another stimulus check is being considered.
Momentum is building for a fresh dose of economic stimulants to boost the country out of the doldrums — perhaps [...]

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Lost In Bailout Talk: Second Stimulus Check is Dead On Arrival

October 2, 2008

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The last couple of weeks we have seen a lot of news about our struggling economy, bailouts of troubled financial companies and buyouts of their their troubled assets. This news is important, and it’s obvious we need to be talking about it.
One thing that has been lost in all of this [...]

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Are We Getting Another Economic Stimulus Check – Roundup of Opinions

August 21, 2008

People need to know – “will I get another check?”
If the amount of search traffic coming to this blog is any indication, people NEED to know if there is going to be another stimulus check coming their way in the coming months. My guess is probably not. In the next year? Maybe.

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