www.reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Senate approved a 6 billion military spending bill on Saturday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also includes money to extend jobless aid and Medicare payment rates for two months. Barack Obama By a vote of 88-10, the Senate approved the bill and sent it to [...]
,[18] * A limit or repeal of the itemized deduction for medical expenses,[19] * A limit on the Qualified Medical Expense definition,[20] * An increase in the payroll taxes on students,[21] * An extension of the Medicare payroll tax to all state and local government employees,[22] * An increase in taxes on hospitals,[23] * An [...]
when his congressional allies seek to raise taxes to pay for all the new spending that this cost-cutting entails. We aren’t talking about short-term spending either; this isn’t a trillion-dollar investment in a new system that will ultimately save money. The Congressional Budget Office says the leading health-care-reform proposals will increase health-care spending and make [...]
liability requires a national debate about whether the scheme’s parameters – the age of eligibility, the link to the average wage and its universality – are affordable long term. It would have been more honest to flag the need for that debate. But the Budget is honest in recognising the limits to what a Government [...]
For more info visit www.newsinfusion.com Long Beach, Calif. (April 23, 2009) – According to two new skin care surveys, women are not scaling back on their anti-aging skin routine, despite the current state of the economy. The Economic Impact on America’s Skin Care Habits, sponsored by Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMPI), a leader in [...]
Dollar has done so well in the short run. Peter feels once the selling is over, the dollar is going to take a big hit. Bruce asks about gold, silver, interest rates and oil and where Peter sees them in the coming year. Good show, worth watching.