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US to You: $600 Check's in Mail

Bipartisan compromise would put $600 in your pocket

Jan 24, 08 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Congress today announced an economic stimulus package that would put a $600 check in every American taxpayer's mailbox by early summer, sources tell CNN, and a likely $300 per child. The refunds are "there to strengthen the middle class, to create jobs and to turn this economy around,"... More »

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Congress • recession • unemployment • Social Security • tax breaks • economic stimulus package

Tax Issues Loom Over Campaign

Candidates offer differing views on 'fair tax,' extending Bush cuts

Jan 5, 08 9:44 AM CST
(Newser) - With President Bush’s tax cuts set to expire in 2010, tax reform could become a key issue in this year’s presidential race, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Most Republican candidates favor extending the cuts, though Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul support eliminating income tax altogether. The Democratic candidates... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Edwards • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • income tax • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • tax cuts • Democratic presidential candidates • Republican candidate • tax breaks • fair tax • Election 2008

Bush's Wins Now Could Be Trouble Later

Victories over Dems may hurt his own initiatives, raise debt

Dec 15, 07 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Christmas came early for President Bush, who’s scored a slew of recent victories over the Democratic Congress. But the wins could threaten both the federal debt and some of his own pet projects, the Washington Post speculates. Bush’s steadfast opposition to tax-increasing spending measures from Democrats could... More »

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Republican • budget • congressional Democrats • No Child Left Behind • tax breaks • Alternative Minimum Tax • US Congress • domestic spending bill • Millennium Challenge Corp. • George W. Bush

Looming Tax
Bill to Test
Dem Loyalties

Bill to help middle
class hurts their hedge-fund backers

Nov 7, 07 8:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A bill to give tax breaks to middle- and low-income people by closing loopholes that keep equity executives’ tax rates low is set for a vote this week in Congress, the Washington Post reports, forcing Democrats to choose between standing up for the common man and protecting the hedge-fund managers... More »

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Congress • hedge fund • equity trading • tax cuts • tax breaks

Buffett: I Should Pay More Taxes

'Oracle of Omaha' says scales have tipped toward the rich

Oct 31, 07 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - America’s second-richest man, Warren Buffett, stood up for the little guy last night, telling NBC that he and über-wealthy people like him should pay more taxes. The system has dramatically “tilted toward the rich and away from the middle class,” he said. Surveying his office, Buffett... More »

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taxes • Warren Buffett • capital gains tax • tax cuts • tax breaks • US Chamber of Commerce

Rangel Floats Sweeping Tax Reform Bill

Rolls back Bush cuts
for wealthy; unlikely
to advance soon

Oct 25, 07 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Democratic bill unveiled today would dramatically alter the tax code, hiking taxes for those making more than $200,000 and slashing them for most others. The overhaul, which would effectively roll back Bush’s cuts for the wealthy, isn’t expected to get any traction until the White House... More »

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Charles Rangel • tax cuts • tax breaks • earned income tax credit • George W. Bush

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