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Entries Categorized as 'Taxation'

IRS Increases Mileage Rates through 12-31-2008

June 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off · 211 views

The Internal Revenue Service today announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2008. Taxpayers may use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

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Categories: Government · Taxation

Pork, It’s Not Just for Breakfast

August 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off · 53 views

Here is another Porkbusters’ post, looking at the top earmarks in the HHS / Labor appropriations bill. Charley Rangel does pretty good.

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Categories: American Politics · Commentary · Government · Limited Government · Original writing · Politics · Pork Busters · Taxation

Louise, You Let Us Down

July 27th, 2006 · 2 Comments · 61 views

The House is on record about earmarks, and it is not pretty.

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Categories: American Politics · Congress · Government · Limited Government · Politics · Pork Busters · Taxation

It’s My Money!

July 13th, 2006 · Comments Off · 21 views

It’s my money, not yours. Porkbusters!

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Categories: American Politics · Government · Limited Government · Politics · Pork Busters · Taxation

It’s My Money!

July 7th, 2006 · Comments Off · 25 views

It’s my money, not yours. Porkbusters!

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Categories: American Politics · Government · Limited Government · Politics · Pork Busters · Taxation

It’s My Money!

June 30th, 2006 · Comments Off · 32 views

It’s my money, not yours. Porkbusters!

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Categories: American Politics · Government · Limited Government · Politics · Pork Busters · Taxation

It’s My Money!

June 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off · 24 views

It’s my money, not yours. Porkbusters!

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Categories: American Politics · Government · Limited Government · Politics · Pork Busters · Taxation

Bush and Cheney Taxes

April 19th, 2006 · Comments Off · 25 views

President Bush’s information
President and Mrs. George W. Bush reported taxable income of $618,694 for the tax year 2005. This resulted in a total of $187,768 in federal income taxes paid by President and Mrs. Bush.
The President’s 2005 income included salary earned as President and investment income from the trusts in which their assets are held.
President [...]

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Categories: American Politics · Executive Branch · Government · Politics · Society · Taxation

Immigration and More

March 29th, 2006 · Comments Off · 31 views

The following essay was first published on my Blogger blog, then here on November 29, 2005. I am reprinting it, and expanding upon my thoughts in an addendum.
Immigration is important to me. I am the result of immigration. Hard working men and women who gave up their lives in foreign lands and came to the [...]

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Categories: American Economy · Commentary · Government · Immigration · Original writing · Society · Taxation · War on Terror

Held Hostage

March 24th, 2005 · Comments Off · 19 views

Back off, boy, or the refund gets it!
That’s the attitude of New York State. The State’s fiscal year begins April 1. Every year the State knows that it will have to refund our money, taxpayers’ money, to us due to their clever manipulation of the withholding tables. You see, in order to avoid having to [...]

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Categories: Government · Taxation

Taxes: Gasoline

February 9th, 2005 · Comments Off · 9 views

Energy Information Administration

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Categories: American Economy · Government · Growth · Taxation