Federal Tax Rebate 2008

Every so often I like to build a roadmap of thoughts - generally geared to a 6-9 months outlook on the economy as a whole. This is actually a good check for me because it forces me to consistently update my thoughts and create very broad thesis that I want to have a lot of belief in before I present them to readers. It also serves as a good historical data point so as readers come to the blog later in it’s life they can see we have not just been throwing random darts and getting lucky but there

(or, Dude, who stole my recession?) On January 15, Tom Stinson, Minnesota state economist, said there was no doubt the state was in a recession. In May, he had not changed his mind. On that basis the state issued a forecast for the budget that led to the closing of a tax loophole, a few minor spending cuts, and the rest of the money coming from reserve accounts. As Phil Krinkie pointed out last month, there was very little spending cuts. I had argued for more reliance on the reserve because I h

Democrat Jeff Merkley’s U.S Senate campaign in Oregon announced today that they raised $1.42 million in the second quarter of this year. This total is three times what they raised in the first quarter. From today’s press release: Online contributions soared for Merkley over the past three months. The Merkley team raised more than $420,000 online in the second quarter, double the previous three quarters combined. That’s a great online fundraising number, demonstrating Merkley’s surge in the netr

Buy.com has the Factory-Recertified 1TB Fantom External Hard Drive on sale for $129.99 after a [1[$20 mail-in rebate (through 7/31). Plus, delivery is free and there is no sales tax (except CA, MA, MD, TN). If you didn’t know, 1TB (terabyte) is the equivalent of 1000GB, which is about 10 times the storage most standard computers have. And, you’re getting it at $.13 per gig, one of the best prices we’ve seen.

Lunch with the blogroll: 7/14/08 Posted by Paul Zannucci under Conservative Issues | Tags: Blogroll, conservative | [2] Comments Pelosi Against Drill Here, Drill Now. New Yorker Liberal Elitism Democrats keep bringing up the race issue: Can’t we all just get along? Dan Maffei–bought and paid for by the far left How To Spend That Tax Rebate Check… Obama Will Tax & Spend Despite His Promises 75th Anniversary of ‘New Deal’ General McAuliffe said “Nuts” — Why Can’t TV Talking Heads?

Find out how far you can turn our daily driver into a government tax rebate on wheels. A little informative and a little tongue-in-cheek.

Under the current system the State sends out property tax rebate checks at the beginning of its fiscal year. Since the State has not collected sufficient tax revenues to pay for the rebates, it then has to borrow billions of dollars until sufficient funds are available to pay down the loan…

When the government first proposed its tax rebate scheme last January, many were quick to point out the money was not ultimately, despite the signature on the check, a payment from the US government, but a loan from abroad, largely from Japan and China. Now that we can confidently anticipate the consensus will quickly form around the presumptive necessity of a bailout of that economically distressed couple Freddie and Fannie, it’s worth noting who is ultimately being bailed out here: The top fiv

I’m a pretty pragmatic person. I dislike whining. Or “whinging” as our friends in Old Blimey spell it. (What’s with that “g” anyway?) I try not to whine, or whinge, if I can help it. But just the other day, John McCain’s economic adviser Phil Gramm called all Americans, including me, “whiners” because we seem to have economic recessional delusions and just can’t seem to understand that really, everything is A-OK, you know? Never mind that the price of oil has streaked like a Photoshopped Irania

I’ve been living in a gated community now for almost 7 years. I’ve enjoyed it but there are disadvantages - close in living, homeowners associations, traffic and tourists, and a lack of space / seclusion. One of the options I’m considering for a real estate investment is to rent out my current house and buy another place I’ll enjoy more. My current place fits perfect as a long term rental property based on the research I’ve done so far, and a new house will give me the opportunity to do some