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Junk-food tax idea is gaining weight
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Sin taxes" on cigarettes have turned out to be the most effective weapon in the campaign to reduce smoking. Why not try it on Flamin' Hot Cheetos, vanilla Coke and Twinkies? With increasing vigor, public health experts and think tanks are calling for...Tags: New York, California, Health Care Reform (2009), Foods and Beverages, University of California, Berkeley
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Practical Matters: How to select a health savings account
Pay for most prescription drugs, physician visits and medical equipment out of one's own pocket but have enormous medical expenses — say after an accident or surgery — covered by an insurance company. To many Americans, that seems like a...Tags: Insurance, California, Tools and Hardware, Employers, Companies and Corporations
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Quinn suggests tax switch
Gov. Pat Quinn added a new wrinkle Thursday to his current proposal for raising income taxes by 33 percent, saying that if it succeeds, he would ask school districts to cut property taxes in return. "If you get additional new money from Springfield, from...Tags: Taxation, Personal Income, Property Tax, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Costs grow for Everglades reservoir left unfinished by sugar deal
South Florida Sun-SentinelTack on another $12 million to the taxpayers' tab for the cost of a massive, unfinished reservoir rendered obsolete by a proposed half-billion-dollar Everglades-restoration land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp. A suggested $12 million settlement to terminate...Tags: Everglades, Contracts, Florida, Water Restrictions, Charlie Crist
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Dan Seals and Robert Dold disclose finances in 10th District House race
Democrat Dan Seals and Republican Robert Dold are selling themselves to suburban voters as candidates who will provide "independent leadership" in Congress. But a look at their tax returns and economic disclosures shows neither can claim financial...Tags: Abbott Laboratories, Internal Revenue Service, Condos and Houses, Financial and Business Services, Television
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Promises unmet for Gale Sayers' charity
A charity founded in 2006 by legendary Bears running back Gale Sayers has collected more than $581,000 in contributions yet failed to fulfill its stated mission to open a state-of-the-art facility offering after-school programs to Chicago children....Tags: Political Fundraising, Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, Companies and Corporations, Football
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A proxy vote on Obama?
To Eric, from Dennis: Those are some awful ads that both Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk are airing in their campaigns to fill Roland Burris' Senate seat. Simple-minded, mendacious, nerve-racking. Nothing so bad, mind you, as the...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Delaware, Nobel Prize Awards, Iraq, Democratic Party
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Obama pulled off the swindle of the year
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama won the great tax-cut showdown of 2010 — and House Democrats don't have a clue that he did. In the deal struck last week, the president negotiated the biggest stimulus in American history, larger than his $814 billion...Tags: Corporate Crime, Fraud, Democratic Party, African Americans, Washington (U.S. state)
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President Obama, the new comeback kid
— If Barack Obama wins re-election in 2012, as is now more likely than not, historians will mark his comeback as beginning on Dec. 6, the day of the Great Tax Cut Deal of 2010. Obama had a bad November. Self-confessedly shellacked in the midterm...Tags: Newt Gingrich, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Washington (U.S. state)
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Governments cut jobs, benefits to avoid raising taxes
Local governments throughout Central Florida are bracing for a third consecutive year of tighter budgets as the tax revenue they depend on is reduced by falling property values. In response, they're eliminating staff jobs, curtailing benefits and cutting...Tags: Orlando Real Estate, Local Government, Public Officials, Career and Workplace, Industrial Accidents
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Tax credit, low rates favor home buyer
Spring 2010 is shaping up to be an excellent time to buy a newly constructed home. But you have to move fast. All indicators point to an opportune environment that the smart buyer can't - and won't - ignore.
"Today is a great time to buy a newly...Tags: Mortgages, Real Estate Buyers, Internal Revenue Service, Homes, Chicago Mortgages
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Buy now: Time is running out on the first-time buyers tax credit
This article contains revised material.
The federal government, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is offering a leg up on home ownership. But don't be caught lagging behind. A tax credit of up to $8,000 is available for...Tags: Mortgages, Internal Revenue Service, Real Estate Buyers, Homes, Condos and Houses
Aug 23, 2009
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May 24, 2010
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Aug 26, 2010
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Sep 8, 2009
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Aug 25, 2010
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Sep 9, 2010
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Oct 13, 2010
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 13, 2010
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Dec 20, 2010
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Oct 4, 2010
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Feb 26, 2010
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Sep 11, 2009
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