Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Bargaineering addressed some tax consequences of the CARS ("Cash for Clunkers") rebate program for Maryland.
Virginia's sales tax consequences are similar to Maryland's: Sales tax is assessed on the full price, not the price after being reduced by the voucher. In this way it's similar to the way grocery store coupons ...
Posted in Economy, Taxes | No Comments »
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
DINKs Finance jogged my memory of this U.S. National Debt Clock in a recent post, so I popped over to check it out.
Of course, it's mostly really bad news: $11.7 trillion on the national debt; another person gets unemployed every 20 seconds; the unfunded liabilities like Social Security, Medicare, and ...
Posted in Debt Reduction, Economy | 2 Comments »
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
We drove up to my parents this weekend. On the way through central PA my wife saw a sign in someone's lawn:
Cash for Clunkers is War on the Middle Class
There was an interesting discussion over at Money Quantum (request a pre-launch invitation) on the topic of economic stimulus. Flexo posed ...
Posted in Commentary, Economy | 8 Comments »
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Businesses need to do everything in their power to weather this downturn. It should be a great time for customers to get great deals because of this: they need to keep the cash flowing in. Customers should expect deals, and they should be treated with respect, because customers can go ...
Posted in Commentary, Economy, Making Money, Shopping | 11 Comments »
