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…to pay for much needed health care reform. On the Senate side, they are apparently taking very seriously the proposal by Citizens for Tax Justice that the Medicare tax be…

A representative basket of currencies

…policy would accordingly lose its excessive global influence… The U.S. response to the Chinese proposal was revealing. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner initially described himself as open to exploring the idea;…

You say you want a Resolution ?

…as such. Compensation reform is briefly mentioned but vanishes when he gets to general regulatory proposals (there are no specific proposals). However, his last proposal isn’t so mild. He says…

Going to the Source

…sassee, illinois ” I don’t like the “used to be middle income” but I do like the proposal (Bring back AFDC and for married parents in all 50 states too)….

90% bonus tax ties Obama’s hands. Hurray !

…treasury loses and they won’t take it. The proposal is to offer no recourse loans to finance bids on banks’s bad assets. That is basically to write an in the…

Hey How about Saving the Banks with Printed Money ?

…economists. many others have expressed concern about hyperinflation if the Fed pumps up the money supply. Crazy proposal ? Wild far out idea ? What exactly do you think Bernake’s…

Median family income tax about zero

…under President Barack Obama’s budget proposal, and their low-income neighbor would fare even better. Their wealthier counterparts, however, would face some steep tax increases, starting in 2011. Families making as…