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  • $318 Billion Tax Hit Proposed (Would See Deductions Cut on Charity and Mortgage Interest)

    02/26/2009 12:48:29 AM PST · by Fred · 50 replies · 2,452+ views
    WSJ ^ | 022609 | LAURA MECKLER
    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Thursday will propose $634 billion in new taxes on upper-income Americans and cuts in government spending over the next decade to pay for his promised health-care expansion. The tax increases and spending cuts will be included Thursday in Mr. Obama's comprehensive budget blueprint, and signal his ambition to overhaul the health-care system, one of the main planks of his presidential campaign. The tax increases would raise an estimated $318 billion over 10 years by reducing the value of such longstanding deductions as mortgage interest and charitable contributions for people in the highest tax brackets....
  • Senate Passes Stimulus Bill

    02/13/2009 7:53:59 PM PST · by BradJ · 69 replies · 4,546+ views
    Breaking Fox News
    We are screwed :(