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| | Furo castigado: Polícia Federal pediu prisão de jornalista que noticiou operação Satiagraha | | 2008-07-08 22:42:46 | | A Polícia Federal em Brasília pediu à Justiça, como parte da Operação Satiagraha, a prisão da jornalista Andréa Michael, do jornal Folha de S. Paulo, por vazamento de informação sigilosa. Além da prisão da jornalista, a PF solicitava busca e apreensão de documentos na casa da repórter, que trabalha na sucursal da Folha na capital federal. A Justiça negou o pedido da PF.O argumento dos federais era o de que a jornalista, há dois meses, teria vazado a Operação Satiagraha. Na verdade, o que os policiais chamaram de vazamento foi uma reportagem publicada na Folha sobre as investigações que resultaram na Operação Satiagraha, executada pela PF nessa terça-feira (8/7). Em reportagem publicada em 26 de abril, Andréa Michael antecipou que a PF estava investigando Daniel Dantas e outros diretores do banco Opportunity por crimes financeiros."Além de Dantas, os principais alvos da investigação da PF são o sócio dele Carlos Rodemburg, sua irmã e também parceira d | | By: Alagoas Real | | |
| | Justiça Federal do RN condena segurado que agrediu médica perita do INSS | | 2008-07-08 13:48:39 | | A Justiça Federal do Rio Grande do Norte condenou, no final de junho, o segurado empregado, ALS, a cumprir pena de um ano de trabalhos voluntários na APAE durante 8 horas semanais, comparecer todo dia 30 de cada mês à Justiça e não mudar de endereço ou viajar sem prévia comunicação à Justiça Federal. A pena foi resultado da ação movida pela médica perita Anna Christina do Nascimento Granjeiro, que denunciou à Polícia Federal em fevereiro, as ameaças e agressões feitas a ela, por este segurado, após o indeferimento do seu perdido de recurso para prorrogação de benefício.Este foi o primeiro registro junto à ANMP, de uma pena aplicada a um segurado, que agrediu verbalmente a um perito. As agressões verbais são uma constante na vida dos peritos, além das agressões físicas, que só neste ano já somam mais de 50. "O segurado veio pessoalmente à minha APS, para pedir desculpas e mostrar a sentença. Durante a agressão, ele afirmou que me pegaria lá fora. Agora | | By: Alagoas Real | | |
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| Dos Buenos de Federal Express | | 2008-07-08 10:27:58 | | Nunca dejaré de afirmar que la receta de la buena publicidad es: diversión + optimismo + reflexión= target conquistado. Cuando esto se dosifica adecuadamente hacemos que los que conforman el target se conviertan en nuestro canal de buzz marketing.Lo difícil es llegar a lograr el equilibrio en esta fórmula. Pora hacerlo se requiere una muy buena dosis de creatividad e innovación. Aqui os doy un par de ejemplos de este concepto en dos spots muy buenos de Federal Express...A lo cavernario... Vaya ética profesional...
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| | | | Barclays warns of a financial storm as Federal Reserve's credibility crumbles | | 2008-06-27 00:56:00 | | US central bank accused of unleashing an inflation shock that will rock financial markets,reports Ambrose Evans-PritchardBarclays Capital has advised clients to batten down the hatches for a worldwide financial storm, warning that the US Federal Reserve has allowed the inflation genie out of the bottle and let its credibility fall "below zero"."We're in a nasty environment," said Tim Bond, the bank's chief equity strategist. "There is an inflation shock underway. This is going to be very negative for financial assets. We are going into tortoise mood and are retreating into our shell. Investors will do well if they can preserve their wealth."Barclays Capital said in its closely-watched Global Outlook that US headline inflation would hit 5.5pc by August and the Fed will have to raise interest rates six times by the end of next year to prevent a wage-spiral. If it hesitates, the bond markets will take matters into their own hands. "This is the first test for central banks in 30 years and | | By: How to be Rich, Happy and Free from Scams | | |
| | Insanity at the Federal Reserve? Everything Must be Normal | | 2008-06-25 18:33:07 | | If you take a moment to read the FOMC Meeting’s Policy Statement, you will see the potential that they have developed at least temporary insanity. Let’s look at it in a from a different viewpoint.
Recent information indicates that overall economic activity continues to expand, partly reflecting some firming in household spending. However, labor markets have [...] | | By: Florida Mortgage Report | | |
| | The Daily Buzz: Treasury Secretary Paulson Urges New Powers For The Federal Reserve & Have We Found A Cure For The Common Cold? | | 2008-06-19 12:46:00 | | -This is just what we need.....Treasury Secretary Paulson is urging that the Federal Reserve be given even MORE power.-The Washington D.C. region now has one of the fastest growing foreclosure rates in the entire country.-The median home price in California dropped 30% in May from a year ago.-A new study shows that the earth is experiencing 5 TIMES the number of earthquakes it did just 20 years ago.-Presidential candidate Barack Obama is trying to reach out to evangelicals.-A sixth human foot has been found washed up on Canada's Pacific coast.-Don't vaccinate your child until you read the information on this website.-Gay activists have revealed their plan for making gay marriage legal in all 50 states in a new memo.-Finally, in a bit of good news, could it be that we have discovered a cure for the common cold?
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| | | Kelantan too wants federal department abolished | | 2008-06-02 04:21:00 | | bernama - The Kelantan government yesterday welcomed the federal government's decision to abolish the Federal Development Department in Sabah, and hoped that a similar decision would be made in the case of PAS-ruled Kelantan as well. Kelantan Local Government, Tourism and Culture Committee chairman Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi must have had strong | | By: No2umnO | | |
| | | Polícia Federal é melhor que Bombril: Limpa Tudo | | 2008-05-20 05:34:00 | | Mais um Artigo excelente do Blog do BobPolícia Federal investiga prefeitos Pega! "Um prefeito que, sob estado de embriaguês alcoólica, se transforma e joga dinheiro pra cima. Literalmente. Os amigos e agregados em torno dele torcem ansiosos para que se embiague; da última vez, em Arapiraca, o prefeito abriu a pasta e pegou maços de dinheiro em notas de 10, 20 e 50 reais, e fez fuá – como dizem na minha terra."Leia mais Fonte:http://www.tudonahora.com.br/conteudo.php?id=14
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| | Cut The Federal Gas Tax? Great! But how great exactly...? | | 2008-05-06 09:36:00 | | This story has been floating around now for a week or 2. The proposal to cut the Federal Gas Tax to help the consumers in the time of this sluggish economy by saving a few cents. A few cents does add up but to make up for this tax, the government plans to give a windfall profits tax to the companies instead.How does this help or hurt anyone? It helps the consumer for a short time but puts a smoke screen on other problems they face ( Cost of living, food, etc. ) and hurts business. Granted, the oil companies make millions to billions a year but to tax a profit because your business is doing well is a very Marxist way of going about things. No company should have to hurt by the United States Government because the government chooses to be irresponsible. The government is at fault here not the companies nor' OPEC or any other affiliate of these companies. The United States Government is responsible entirely for the high prices. The price of everything, not just oil, is high and going h | | By: The Pissed Off Citizen | | |
| | Fidelity Fund Management Enters Into a Distribution Tie Up with Federal Bank | | 2008-05-06 05:17:00 | | Fidelity Fund Management has entered into an agreement with Federal Bank, one of India's premier private sector banks, for the distribution of its products. Mr. M. Venugopalan, Chairman, Federal Bank, and Ms. Ashu Suyash, Managing Director and Country Head, Fidelity Fund Management, announced the distribution tie-up at a press conference today. Fidelity Fund Management's entire suite of mutual funds will now be available at more than 600 branches of Federal Bank throughout the country.Speaking o | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | Federal Gas Tax Holiday Wouldn't Apply to Nevada, California, Oklahoma and Tennessee | | 2008-05-05 23:00:00 | | Even if the federal gas tax holiday was implemented, it would not apply (fully) to gasoline sold in four states. That's because California, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Tennessee each has a provision in the state's tax law which states that if the federal gas tax is lowered, that state's own gas tax will increase by some amount. This is theoretically designed to maintain transportation spending in the state.Here is a link to a Taxadmin.org page citing the provisions of the four states. Here's California's:If the federal fuel tax is reduced below the rate of nine cents ($0.09) per gallon and federal financial allocations to this state for highway and exclusive public mass transit guideway purposes are reduced or eliminated correspondingly, the tax rate imposed by this section, on and after the date of the reduction, shall be increased by an amount so that the combined state and federal tax rate per gallon equals the following: (1) Twenty-three cents ($0.23) during 1990, on and after Augus | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | US Federal Reserve cuts rates by 25 bps | | 2008-05-01 12:33:18 | | US Federal Reserve has cut both Fed funds rate and discount rate by a quarter-point to 2% and 2.25% respectively. This is the seventh rate cut since September 2007.
After a two-day meeting, Fed...
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| | Federal Open Market Committee | | 2008-04-30 08:23:01 | | Previous: 2.25%Forecast: 2.00%Definition The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) consists of the seven Governors of the Federal Reserve Board and five Federal Reserve Bank presidents. The FOMC meets eight times a year in order to determine the near-term direction of monetary policy. Changes in monetary policy are now announced immediately after FOMC meetings.One of the most important decisions that the FOMC makes is to decide the overnight lending benchmark rate through the federal securities operations. This rate is the rate that is charged between financial institutions to held money overnight.It is the most important tool in the monetary policy to handle the economic life cycles and the supply and demand of money in the markets.General EffectFinancial markets are very reluctant for any increase in the interest rate as it will address controlling hand on the growth in the economy as well as it will make it less attractive for investors to buy securities with their high yielding doll | | By: All About Investiment | | |
| | Federal Reserve may Want Inflation | | 2008-04-30 08:20:11 | | We are now importing inflation. This does not only apply to the cost of commodities, such as oil, but also to consumer goods imported from Asia. This is a newer trend as, in our analysis, Asia had been exporting deflation until the summer of 2006; since then, we have seen increased pricing power by Asian exporters.Inflation is not just a U.S. phenomenon; as Asian economies are far more dependent on agricultural and industrial commodities, rising inflation may become a serious concern in the region. The stronger and more prudent Asian central banks may realize that allowing their currencies to float higher versus the U.S. dollar may be the most effective way to combat inflationary pressures.Available credit is likely to continue to be tight. In a move former Federal Reserve ("Fed") Chairman Paul Volcker referred to as being at "the very edge" of the Fed's legal authority, the Fed engineered a bailout plan to avoid bankruptcy for Bear Stearns, up until recently a major investment bank. I | | By: All About Investiment | | |
| | Federal Money in Health Care Plan From McCain | | 2008-04-30 03:21:34 | | By MICHAEL COOPER and KEVIN SACK
TAMPA, Fla. — Senator John McCain detailed his plan to solve the nation’s health care crisis in a speech here Tuesday, calling for the federal government to give some money to states to help them cover people with illnesses who have been denied health insurance.
Mr. McCain’s health care plan would [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | Homeschooling Online - Home Schooling In The Eyes Of Federal Law | | 2008-04-27 10:25:46 | | Home Schooling the United States has no specific Federal Law. As per the 10th United States Constitution Amendment, it makes clear the government has high regards for education and therefore all matters are bestowed in the hands of the states. US Constitution makes it pretty clear that the government shall neither interfere nor control with [...] | | By: online degree resources | | |
| | Gas prices may reach $5 a gallon by the summer, and no thanks to our state and federal leaders, that leaves you and me screwed! | | 2008-04-23 23:14:00 | | For some strange reason, I cannot forget this obscure day in August 2003.I was with a friend of mine, Joe, and we had just gone from Kearny to Belleville to grab a bite to eat at, of all places, Taco Bell. When we headed over the Passaic to Belleville, just before we got to the bridge, we stopped at the little gas station next to what is now Dunkin Donuts — the former Pete’s Place. I filled up my tank, and it cost me about $19. The price: $1.33 per gallon of regular.After we came back, something stunning happened at that same gas station — the prices jumped — from $1.33 to $1.55. Who would have known that this very moment, a 20¢ jump in price for a gallon of gas, would be the first in a series of price spikes that would lead to where we are today.At first glance, that $1.55 seemed absurd. But then it was $1.65, $1.75, $1.85, $1.95 — and then, that dreaded day — the gas signs said $2.01. Like me, I am sure you were just as disgusted with the prices when they hit that awful | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
| | Federal Direct Student Loan Program | | 2008-04-22 12:36:00 | | The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP), often referred to as "Direct Loans," is a United States Department of Education program that provides loans to help students pay for education after high school. The Department of Education acts as a lender, providing funds for Stafford loans and PLUS loans in the same amounts as the Stafford and PLUS loans offered through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). The Department of Education allows schools to choose which program, FDSLP or FFELP, best suits the needs of its students. The Department of Education does not currently allow a student to choose an FDSLP loan if the school chooses to participate in FFELP, and vice versa. However, students may be able to choose to consolidate loans under either FDSLP or FFELP.Political history of the program Congress passed a version of the Direct Loan program under President George H. W. Bush, but Bush promised to veto it. Candidate Bill Clinton promised that he would sign such | | By: Consolidate debt loans | | |
| | Federal Reserve Chairman, Mr. Bernanke, On US Economy | | 2008-04-21 21:53:00 | | Yes, as you’ve noticed, I’ve been away a bit. You guys didn’t get too lonely did ya? I’m OK, I‘ve just been busy, busy, busy...but I’m back now and here’s the scoop: The economy is in bad shape. I hope that bit of top secret info didn’t cause you guys too much shock, they(the Feds, etc.) have pulled the wool over our sweet little sheep eyes again. I remember hearing the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, say in the latter part of last year that we were not in for a recession, but I knew from the looks of things - jobs, gas, housing - that oh yes, we were in a recession in 2007 and certainly now in 2008 - the Feds always have a way of hiding the truth. It’s called lying, oh my, such a dirty word. You mean the federal government, our fine and distingished statesmen lied to us. Why treat us like this, we sheep haven’t done anything wrong, we’re always good little blind and nieve creatures...Why?...Why?...Why?America might be the “promise land” but we don’t | | By: Glendell's Art And Music | | |
| | Ron Paul Slams Federal Reserve For Destabilizing The World By Printing Money | | 2008-04-19 15:15:00 | | US congressman Ron Paul has launched a scathing attack against the US Federal Reserve, which the Congressman claims is printing money in order to manipulate interest rates and undermine workers wages and old people’s savings.Paul, one of the few politicians with an insight into fiat money wrote "The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal Reserve currency devaluation."The Texan congressman went on to write in his column that the Federal Reserve “is the strangest, most dangerous advantage ever placed in the hands of a special privileged class by any Government that ever existed." Source: www.lankabusinessonline.com | | By: Stroke News - We can change your life | | |
| | Federal Reserve to Blame for Global Financial Meltdown? | | 2008-04-16 10:41:05 | | Ron Paul slammed the Federal Reserve, and rightfully so, a couple of days ago. Here is an excerpt from Lanka Business Online…
“Few Americans give much thought to the Federal Reserve System or monetary policy in general,” Ron Paul wrote in his column this week.
“But even as they strive to earn a living, and hopefully save [...] | | By: Florida Mortgage Report | | |
| | | | | | | | Apple Inc. and the Federal Communications Commission Trends | | 2008-04-10 09:29:11 | | Apple Inc. frequently announces new products that don’t premier in the FCC database beforehand.
MacRumors states:
When the iPhone was first announced at Macworld San Francisco 2007, Steve Jobs specifically said that he did not want the iPhone’s existence first revealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This comment has generated a bit of a following, with [...] | | By: Touch Podium | | |
| | | Expand Federal Reserve Oversight and Control? | | 2008-03-31 11:15:46 | | Hank Paulson’s wildly moronic plan to deal with the current financial crisis via massively expanded Federal Reserve System (privately owned) oversight of the total financial sphere of the economy smacks 100% of “not-goodness”.
There is something inherently wrong with the following chain of activity:
1. Federal Reserve System helps foment seriously unstable financial circumstances (credit bubble)
2. Federal [...] | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | 0.75 Federal Cut Rate | | 2008-03-27 13:32:26 | | It’s amazing what’s happened within the last two weeks! A lot is changing and continues to change within the world of real estate, mortgages, and our economy as a whole. If you haven’t been paying attention, the Federal Reserve (more like Bernanke, the Fed’s Chairman, lowered the rate by 0.75%; now, if you did know [...] | | By: PropertySolutionSF : the San Francisco Bay Area Re | | |
| | | Have the Bush Tax Cuts Made the Federal Tax Code More or Less Progressive? | | 2008-03-13 00:00:00 | | Have the Bush tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 (and phased-in over so many years) made the federal tax code more or less progressive? It's an interesting question, yet one that can actually be difficult to answer. This week, the left-of-center Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a report showing that because after-tax income shares have risen for the top income groups as a result of the tax cuts (ceteris paribus under static scoring), the tax cuts have thereby made the tax system less progressive (or more regressive).The analysis is correct to point out that this is a fairly reasonable (and accepted) way to measure changes in tax progressivity. But one of the problems with using this method is that almost any across-the-board tax cut is going to lower progressivity. For example, suppose government became more efficient all of a sudden due to some technological progress in bureaucracy. If government cut taxes in response across-the-board | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | How Federal Banking Laws Brought Down Eliot Spitzer | | 2008-03-12 00:25:11 | | "But Spitzer had the money broken down into several smaller amounts of under $10,000 each, apparently to avoid getting around federal regulations requiring the reporting of the transfer of $10,000 or more, the sources said. The regulations are aimed at helping spot possible illegal business activities, such as frauds or drug deals. Apparently, having second thoughts about even sending the total amount in this manner because it still might reveal what he was doing, Spitzer then asked that the bank...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Fed Actions are Creating Federal Default Risk | | 2008-03-12 00:24:44 | | Today the Federal Reserve announced it would lend as much as $200 billion of Treasury notes in exchange for debt including private mortgage-backed bonds (which have been crashing in value as of late) to try to avert a flight from the securities that were expanded to an unprecedented degree during the recent housing bubble. [...] | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) reports net loss of Rs 15.57 crore in the December 2007 quarter | | 2008-03-05 22:09:00 | | Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) reported net loss of Rs 15.57 crore in the quarter ended December 2007 as against net loss of Rs 12.18 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2006. Sales rose 15.74% to Rs 154.90 crore in the quarter ended December 2007 as against Rs 133.84 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2006.For the full year, net loss reported to Rs 18.62 crore in the year endedDecember 2007 as against net loss of Rs 6.31 crore during the previous year ended December 2006. Sales rose 53.84% to Rs 596.01 crore in the year ended December 2007 as against Rs 387.41 crore during the previous year ended December 2006. | | By: Indian stock markets | | |
| | | Federal Development, Petrol Holding to invest $3B dollars in real estat | | 2008-03-02 19:37:00 | | Bulgarian Real Estate - Federal Development, an international real estate development and asset management company, and Bulgaria's Petrol Holding, the second largest oil products wholesaler in the country, said on February 19 2008 they agreed to create a joint venture that would focus on developing mixed-use real estate opportunities in Bulgaria. Initial plans focused on converting and redeveloping approximately 50 sites, owned by different entities within the Petrol Holding group of companies, including Petrol AD, Naftex Petrol and Evrocapital Bulgaria, which manages its real estate assets. These sites will be converted from oil servicing facilities to mixed-use developments that will likely include office, retail, and residential components.
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| | | Federal budget: start saving | | 2008-02-27 08:03:00 | | The Conservative government is urging Canadians to stuff their mattresses even as it strips the linen off Ottawa's longstanding budget cushion. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty rolled out the sequel to his tax-cutting fall economic update Tuesday, tabling a budget of scattershot spending that drives the federal books perilously close to a deficit over the next two years. The eye-catching | | By: News Alert | | |
| | Federal budget expected to be $1 billion higher | | 2008-02-26 08:23:00 | | Expect an election-year budget from the Conservative government this afternoon that even takes some ideas from the Liberals, says CTV's Ottawa bureau chief. "They're looking at urban Canada and particularly vote-rich Ontario," Robert Fife told Canada AM on Tuesday about the Tories' strategy. "What you're going to see are some measures to help the auto sector ... There's going to be money for job | | By: News Alert | | |
| | Federal gov't decides no carbon tax | | 2008-02-21 08:13:00 | | The federal government prefers environmental regulations to new taxes to fight climate change and won't be following British Columbia's lead when it comes to a carbon tax, says Environment Minister John Baird. British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a carbon tax on consumers when Finance Minister Carole Taylor tabled her provincial budget on Tuesday. But | | By: News Alert | | |
| | | US Federal Reserve Cut – An overview and impacts | | 2008-01-29 04:56:00 | | The federal reserve cut its Benchmark interest rate by 0.75% points on Tuesday. This is the highest single rate cut by the US fed in over 20 years.Statement accompanied this decision is “in view of a weakening of the economic outlook and increasing downside risks to growth”.Lowering interest rate is one tool available to central banks worldwide to modulate the impact of an impending slowdown. The magnitude of the rate cut clearly indicates the serious concerns in the US about the impact that the slowdown can have on the economy. In fact, going forward it is widely expected that the Fed will cut interest rates further by 50 basis point before pausing to take stock of the impact of these rate cuts.It seems now clear that we are in for some interesting times. The unidirectional bull run in the global equity markets at least pausing for some time. On one other hand economic growth of countries like India is seriously affected by a slowdown in other major economies.
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| | Reserva Federal recorta en 75 puntos básico el interés en Estados Unidos | | 2008-01-22 11:02:00 | | La Bolsa de Nueva York abrió el día de hoy con un fuerte descenso y el Dow Jones cayó más de 400 puntos (3,23 por ciento), inmediatamente después de que la Reserva Federal bajara en una reunión extraordinaria tres cuartos de punto la tasa de interés, hasta situarla 3,5 por ciento.El índice Dow Jones de Industriales, que agrupa los treinta valores más importantes de la Bolsa de Nueva York, caía nada más abrir la Bolsa más de 400 puntos para frenar poco después la caída.Media hora después de su apertura, el Dow Jones bajaba 297,76 puntos (2,46 por ciento) para situarse en 11.801,54 unidades, tras haber permanecido el parqué neoyorquino cerrado el lunes por la festividad de Martin Luther King.El mercado tecnológico Nasdaq también bajaba 66,31 puntos (2,83 por ciento) hasta los 2.273,71 puntos, mientras que el S&P 500, que mide el rendimiento de las 500 principales acciones que cotizan en la Bolsa de Nueva York, perdía 33,76 puntos (2,55 por ciento), hasta las 1.291, | | By: Cotización Dolar Paralelo en Venezuela | | |
| | Federal Transit Administration to block Metrorail extension? | | 2008-01-17 12:03:00 | |
Well this certainly is news I'm having a hard time forming an opinion on. Being a resident of Arlington county, I, along with virtually everyone else familiar with the project favor the underground option as opposed to the above ground rail. However, the fact that the FTA is threatening to reject it because they are "reluctant to promote large scale transit projects" kind of makes me sick.
Officials on Capitol Hill, in Richmond and at the airports authority's headquarters have speculated in recent days about what the problem might be. Some say the FTA has long been skeptical of expensive rail projects; in recent years, it has more often championed bus rapid transit projects.
Others point to a long-standing desire in the Transportation Department to move away from public investments in infrastructure. Peters, the transportation secretary, for example, refused to endorse a report published Tuesday by a bipartisan national commission on the future of the nation's transportation system. She instead issued a dissent decrying wasteful spending and the federal government's large share of the investment. She said she favored private investment and more tolling to control congestion.
I would hardly call a "bus" rapid transit, first of all. Second of all, isn't it great how we're spending trillions in Iraq to "build" (destroy) their infrastructure but projects like this within our own country remain in limbo decades after they are needed.
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| | Anti-Clinton Movie Banned by Federal Judges | | 2008-01-11 04:59:07 | | Three federal judges have ruled that a conservative group cannot air their movie called “Hillary- The Movie.” This was an anti-Clinton movie and the judges ruled that it looked too much like a political advertisement. According to this article, the movie will be screened in two movie theaters and released on DVD. Why is this allowed, [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
| | Lanzamiento de GENERACIÓN FEDERAL | | 2008-01-06 07:48:57 | | En el mes de diciembre de 2007 jóvenes dirigentes representantes del Peronismo de todo el país se dieron cita en el Consejo Nacional del Partido Justicialista para delinear la organización de este nuevo espacio generacional que ha definido una mesa de conducción de la que forma parte el compañero de ESPACIO SAN ISIDRO, FRANCISCO CAFIERO. A continuación podrán acceder al pensamiento e iniciativas propuestas por dicho espacio, así como también, enterarse de la repercusión a tenido esta convocatoria peronista en toda la Argentina.PROPUESTASRenovar, como parte integrante del Proyecto Nacional que conduce el compañero Néstor KIRCHNER, nuestro compromiso de acompañar firmemente la insoslayable tarea de la reconstrucción nacional. No queda tiempo ni lugar para la lucha interna entre dirigentes. Debemos contener a todos los sectores internos para que desde la heterogeneidad de un peronismo unido y organizado en la acción sostengamos y apoyemos nuestro Gobierno Nacional que conduce la Presidenta Cristina FERNANDEZ. Sustentar una nueva ética militante, despreciando las roscas que suman chapas pero restan dignidad y credibilidad, entender a la política como ámbito para la rebeldía organizada y no como trampolín al cargo por el cargo mismo, disputar poder cuando lo merecemos por trabajo y no cuando "conviene" para no se sabe qué cosa. Reivindicar la normalización del Partido Justicialista a nivel nacional, no como estrategia formal de "democratización" ni como vehículo para promocionar a tales o cuales compañeros a la categoría de "dirigentes", sino como herramienta movilizadora y organizativa del peronismo. Es necesario reorganizar la vida institucional de nuestro partido por la vía más democrática como lo es la participación activa del afiliado en la determinación de la conducción partidaria. Ratificamos nuestra voluntad de participar activamente en este proceso. Convocar a todos los compañeros que privilegien la construcción colectiva a los | | By: Espacio San Isidro | | |
| | Conrad briefs health-care providers on federal funding | | 2008-01-03 19:27:42 | | Sen. Kent Conrad briefed community health-care leaders Thursday at Trinity Health in Minot about Medicare reform legislation that will bring $22 million in additional federal funding to North Dakota’s health-care providers over the next year.
Related PostsNew Federal Report: Skilled Nursing Facilities ‘In...Health-care briefsMedicare funding projections too small: GreenspanLawmakers Call On HHS To Garnish Portion... | | By: A Medicare News Blog - Care About Medicare | | |
| | | News Roundup: Search Federal Spending, AMT Vote, Tax Swaps, Beer Tax | | 2007-12-14 00:00:00 | | USASpending.org—the federal government's new searchable database providing information about all federal grant and contract spending above $25,000—is launched. This year's Coburn-Obama Act required the creation of the database.House of Representatives votes 226-193 to pass a one-year revenue-neutral AMT patch, which would increase taxes in other areas. White House issues a veto threat.Oregon Supreme Court orders that the official summary of a proposed referendum that would require voter approval for tax increases is misleading and must be rewritten. Wolf v. Myers.The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy reviews recent efforts to reduce reliance on local property taxes for school funding and cautions against swapping property taxes for greater reliance on state funding or sales taxes.Wyoming proposes raising the beer tax from 2 cents per liter to 6.5 cents per liter, with the money funding substance abuse programs. | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | US Federal Reserve grants modest rate cut | | 2007-12-11 22:20:00 | | The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates last night by a quarter percentage point to 4.25% or 25 basis points. The cut in the federal funds rate is the third in the past three months by the world`s most powerful central bank. Fed officials signalled that further cuts were possible if the downturn in housing and the crisis in mortgage lending were to get worse.The change ``should help promote moderate growth over time,`` the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in a statement after meeting on Tuesday in Washington.According to the press release issued by US Federal Reserve, readings on core inflation have improved modestly this year, but elevated energy and commodity prices, among other factors, may put upward pressure on inflation. In this context, the Federal Open Market Committee judges that some inflation risks remain, and it will continue to monitor inflation developments carefully.Recent developments, including the deterioration in financial market conditions, have increased | | By: Indian stock markets | | |
| | Update - Federal Debt Consolidation Program | | 2007-11-29 02:19:13 | | A federal debt consolidation program covers federal student loans as well as other federal loans. Interest rates, regulations and benefits keep changing. Find some of them right here.The United States Department of Education is the governing body for the Federal Family Education Loan Program(FFELP). Federal debt consolidation loan interest rates are fixed across the board. Subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford, Perkins Loans, Nursing Loans and Health Education Assistance loans may be consolidated only after graduation. Only fully disbursed loans can be consolidated. Married couple cannot combine their loans. School students do not qualify for loan consolidation. They must wait till graduation to be eligible for federal loan consolidation. --------------------A private lender can consolidate almost all your federal loans, including cases of multiple lenders. You must be wondering, why one should ever go to a private lender when the loans can be consolidated through the federal Government itself. There are a few good reasons. Private lenders will be able to offer some borrower benefits by way of discounted rates and waiver of credit checks. You can also go for a Christian debt consolidation program to consolidate your federal loans. Christian debt consolidation companies offer services similar to a regular company. However, they do give a Christian outlook to debt free living. But this is for sure, they do not discriminate customers on the basis of religious beliefs.link: Federal student loan consolidation, Federal Family Education Loan Program. | | By: VIActin - investment opportunities | | |
| | Federal Financial Regulators Should Provide More Guidance to Stop Terrorists | | 2007-10-24 08:02:30 | | As a senior counsel on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, I participated in the building of the current relationships between the U.S. financial institutions, the federal financial regulators (Treasury and component agencies, FDIC, SEC, and the Federal Reserve Board), and law enforcement to prevent terrorist financing and money laundering. Over the past six years, the parties have quietly worked together to prevent numerous terrorist attacks (I know of six) and to build an infrastructure...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | | AP Publishes Misleading Analysis of Census Data on Federal Taxing and Spending | | 2007-10-15 07:00:00 | | How much federal spending comes back to each state, compared to the federal taxes paid by residents of each state? That's the question answered each year by the Tax Foundation and the Census Bureau. Census provides the spending breakdown, and the Tax Foundation tallies the taxes and calculates the ratios.Census published the spending data for federal fiscal year 2005 earlier this week in its Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR).See the Tax Foundation's news release here.Unfortunately, an Associated Press reporter who claims to have gotten the Census data early has published his own amateurish and inaccurate ratios of spending to taxes.Delaware readers must have been shocked to see themselves ranked as getting the least back in federal spending per dollar of tax. But it's no wonder: the AP counted all the tax payments of corporations headquartered in Delaware as coming from Delaware's taxpayers.It's not that simple. You can't just look at the return address on the envelope that arrives at the IRS. The taxes these companies remit are not paid only by residents in Delaware, but by customers, shareholders and employees across the country.To learn more about how the Tax Foundation computes "economic incidence"--that is, how to figure out which state's taxpayers bear how much of each tax--see here.It is also unclear if the AP counted all taxes that should rightfully be counted since there is no complete ranking or discussion of the author's technique. The Tax Foundation fully accounts for all federal taxes. | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | New Data on Share of Federal Income Taxes Paid by Top 1%, Top 5%... | | 2007-10-05 07:00:00 | | Per the release of income tax data by AGI percentile yesterday by the IRS, the Tax Foundation has updated its popular "Summary of Federal Individual Income Taxes" page. The data recently released is for tax year 2005 (same as calendar year).The report highlights the fact that both the tax share and AGI share of the top 1 percent reached all-time highs in 2005. In 2005, the top 1 percent of tax returns earned 21.2 percent of adjusted gross income and paid 39.4 percent of the nation's federal individual income taxes. This indicates that the federal individual income tax is highly progressive as under a purely proportional system, the two shares would be identical.Furthermore, in 2005, the top 1 percent of tax returns paid nearly the same amount in federal individual income taxes as the bottom 95 percent of tax returns, a group which was responsible for 40.4 percent of the federal individual income taxes paid.(Note: This data does not include the refundable portions of the child tax credit or the Earned Income Tax Credit, which if included, would make the share of taxes paid by the top 1 percent even greater as those items would significantly lower the tax bill of the bottom income groups.) | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Federal suit filed to block TVR crackdown - Maui News | | 2007-09-30 00:57:05 | | Federal suit filed to block TVR crackdownMaui News, HI - 21 minutes agoBecause there isn’t enough time for the operations to get permits to operate legally, the county’s action will effectively put transient vacation rentals …
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| | Blogs for Federal Deficits | | 2007-09-14 17:20:02 | | Mark is thrilled. The deficit is going down. See how good Bush is? See? See?
Quoting the Herald Tribune:
The federal deficit is running sharply lower than last year even though spending in August set an all-time high, the government reported Thursday.
Blogs for Bush: The White House Of The Blogosphere: Federal Deficit Shrinks by 36%
Well, it [...] | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | Bernanke, Bush, Spoiled Investors and Federal Bail Outs? | | 2007-09-10 18:58:35 | | One great lesson of the current market environment is that American investors have become spoiled rotten.
Somehow, people have become conditioned over time, by the actions of the federal government and the federal reserve, to expect government bail outs any time the markets see some form of moderate turmoil. Jim Cramer’s rant provides the most [...] | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | | Lawmakers Must Examine Federal GovernmentÂs Role in Transportation Before Raising Gas Tax | | 2007-08-30 07:00:00 | | Several proposals have recently been put forth by members of Congress to raise the federal excise tax on gasoline. Some lawmakers see raising the gas tax as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and some see it as a potential source of revenue for improving the nation's infrastructure. A recent Baltimore Sun editorial targets the use of earmarked gasoline tax revenue:A proposal to raise the federal gasoline tax to repair the nation's 70,000 faulty bridges might have a better chance if it hadn't been for the "Bridge to Nowhere."The infamous Alaska structure designed to serve a handful of remote citizens became a symbol of what's wrong with the practice of letting federal lawmakers "earmark" tax dollars for their pet projects: The money is not being spent according to safety and transportation priorities.Before Congress asks taxpayers to pony up more money to fix failing bridges, it must abandon this pork barrel process and ensure instead that transporta | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Michael Vick Pleads Guilty to Federal Dogfighting Charges | | 2007-08-27 21:57:53 | | He may be admitting to being remorseful now, but if he wasn't caught by the system, I don't doubt that he would have stopped his repulsive behavior.
If I were the judge, I would sentence Michael Vick to five years behind prison bars and furthermore, I wouldn't recommend that he be paroled while he serves.
Once he IS released I would have him volunteer for another five years at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Sound harsh? I don't think so - not when you consider what he put those poor, innocent dogs through by his heartless decisions.
READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. | | By: Marilyn's Non-Violent Planet Newspage | | |
| | Canada federal offices sell for $1.64B | | 2007-08-22 02:24:59 | | The federal government is selling nine office complexes, including two in Ottawa, to a private Vancouver developer for $1.64 billion -- $400 million more than the appraised value for the properties. At the same time, the union representing many of the federal workers in the buildings labelled the deal "a give-away of colossal proportions."The deal involves the sale of government property to Larco Investments Ltd., but also requires the federal government to lease back the office space for 25 years. That substantially reduces the risk to the new private owner.
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| | Federal government uses 80,000 of your tax dollars to protect Bush from a T-shirt | | 2007-08-18 20:29:00 | | So this story about a couple in West Virginia being arrested for wearing anti-Bush T-shirts at a political rally where President Bush gave a speech is pretty funny in and of itself. The fact that they then sued the federal government, and eventually settled for $80,000 is kinda funny too.
No surprise though that the media has failed to report on the real story here, which is that the federal government took $80,000 from U.S. taxpayers to protect George Bush from having to face any kind of dissent, even when it was something as simple as a fucking T-shirt.
It also won't surprise anyone to find out that the Bush administration is adamantly denying any "wrong doing." But of course! Because I'd just hand out $80,000 too, especially if I knew I hadn't done anything wrong, and especially when it wasn't my own fucking money I was giving away.
"This settlement is a real victory not only for our clients but for the First Amendment," said Andrew Schneider, executive director of the ACLU of West Virginia. "As a result of the Ranks' courageous stand, public officials will think twice before they eject peaceful protesters from public events for exercising their right to dissent."
White House spokesman Blair Jones said the settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing.
"The parties understand that this settlement is a compromise of disputed claims to avoid the expenses and risks of litigation and is not an admission of fault, liability, or wrongful conduct," Jones said.
Ha ha, they even sent out a manual stating that George Bush isn't allowed to face dissent, ever! It even comes complete with an action plan to deal with the "terrorists" who dare oppose the grand dragon supreme ruler!
The ACLU said in a statement that a presidential advance manual makes it clear that the government tries to exclude dissenters from the president's appearances. "As a last resort," the manual says, "security should remove the demonstrators from the event."
Bush and his self-loathing m | | By: The Colette | | |
| | Have Federal Income Taxes Gotten More Progressive Since 2000? | | 2007-08-10 07:00:00 | | There are conflicting views on whether federal income taxes have gotten more or less progressive since 2000, a time frame that includes the Bush tax cuts that some have portrayed as flowing disproportionately to the rich. Below, we take a look at new IRS data, released this week, in an attempt to answer the question. The answer ultimately depends on how you measure progressivity. There are multiple ways of measuring progressivity. Some attempt to measure progressivity based upon the pre-tax share of income versus the after-tax share of income, implicitly stating that the goal of progressivity is to redistribute income. The problem with such measures is that almost any tax cut will appear as if the tax code has gotten less progressive, even though it is possible that the dollar amount of redistribution to the poor could increase in the process.The method of measuring progressivity that we present below does not suffer from such a fallacy. Specifically, we take the tax share for an incom | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Don Young Suggests Possible Increase in Federal Gas Tax | | 2007-08-09 07:00:00 | | It isn't everyday that you hear a Republican member of Congress from Alaska calling for an increase in taxes on gasoline. But then again, Rep. Don Young has little to lose with fiscal conservatives, given his infamous support for the Bridge to Nowhere, which was eventually scrapped following public outcry.From the Associated Press:The Minneapolis bridge disaster that suddenly is the symbol of the nation's crumbling infrastructure could tip the scales in favor of billions of dollars in higher gasoline taxes for repairs coast to coast. There are 500 bridges around the country similar to the Minneapolis span, and "these are potential deathtraps," says Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, former chairman of the House Transportation Committee. "We have to, as a Congress, grasp this problem. And yes, I would even suggest, fund this problem with a tax," he says. "May the sky not fall on me." One-quarter of the nation's bridges, including the one in Minneapolis, have been | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Raising Federal Cigarette Tax Will Cause Decline in State Cigarette Tax Revenue | | 2007-08-08 07:00:00 | | We've posted a new commentary here that gives a brief, quasi-technical look at the issue of double marginalization when it comes to more than one layer of government taxing a single product. We examine this issue in the context of the current debate over whether the federal government should raise the federal excise tax on cigarettes.Should they do so, it would mean lower tax revenue for state and local governments that tax cigarettes. It works the other way too -- should the states choose to increase their tax, federal tax revenue would then fall. In this political climate where smokers are the first choice for politicians to tax, the result could end up being government (as a whole) over-taxing cigarettes relative to the optimal revenue-raising point, even though states and the federal government could be maximizing their own revenue given the actions of others. | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Federal Government Becoming a Greater Funding Source for Local Schools | | 2007-08-01 07:00:00 | | A new Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact released Monday analyzes the growing role of the federal government in local education spending. In particular, we highlight the fact that in 1999-2000, the average federal revenue per student sent to local school districts was $578. Five years later, following passage of No Child Left Behind, that number had grown to $919, amounting to a 39 percent increase when adjusted for inflation. Kansas schools saw the biggest increase—88 percent—while Arizona saw the smallest increase—15 percent.Overall, in the 2004-05 school year, schools relied on the federal government for approximately 9.2 percent of their funds. Five years earlier, that number was merely 7.3 percent. New Jersey relies the least on federal funds, with just 4.4 percent of its education spending coming from the federal government. This is due to the state's decision to spend more at the state/local level, as well as its high per capita income, which means fewer means-tested | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | | EEUU: Juez federal anula leyes discriminatorias contra los inmigrantes | | 2007-07-28 07:51:00 | | Tras el fallo dictado este jueves por un juez estadounidense, los inmigrantes de Pensilvania podrán alquilar apartamentos y ser contratados por empresas. La decisión sienta un precedente en la lucha que llevan los más de 12 millones de indocumentados que viven en EEUU.Un juez federal de Estados Unidos anuló este jueves, por considerarlas anticonstitucional, una serie de leyes locales aprobadas por el poblado de Hazleton (Pensilvania), contra los extranjeros indocumentados, lo que sienta un precedente en las medidas de los estados contra la inmigración ilegal.Tras una demanda presentada por la Unión de Libertades Civiles de Estados Unidos (ACLU) en nombre de grupos hispanos, cívicos y empresariales, además de cuatro indocumentados anónimos, el juez James Munley declaró inconstitucional la llamada "Ley de Alivio por la Inmigración Ilegal".Aprobada el año pasado, la ley prohibía alquilar apartamentos a inmigrantes sin documentos e impedía que fuesen contratados por empresas. | | By: Here is Nutopia | | |
| | What is a Federal Income Tax Refund? | | 2007-07-15 04:34:00 | | You are getting an income tax refund! Those are the words that every taxpayer would love to hear. A federal income tax refund occurs if the tax you owe is less than the sum of the total amount of refundable tax credits claimed and the total amount of withholding paid. For many individual taxpayers those federal tax refunds can be obtained through Earned Income credit, a real refund of overpayment of tax, or through an overpayment from previous years. Some people really believe that getting a large income tax refund is not the greatest thing. Instead they feel that the tax refund represents a loan paid back by the government interest free. Others use their IRS tax refund as a simple savings plan where they are surprised to get money back each year. Always remember that it is still better to get an IRS tax refund than to owe money to the government.Once you determine you are receiving a tax refund, there are several options for actually putting that money in the taxpayers hands. Standard paper filing, electronic filing with direct deposit, rapid refunds, and refund anticipation loans are the options we have the choice of exercising, and for many refund anticipating individuals, the rapid refund or the refund anticipation loan is the refund of choice.Since the advent of the computer age, and the great invention of the internet, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been fairly quick to react to the benefit of electronic filing. The income tax returns are filed much faster, tax refunds are made faster, and money due the IRS can be obtained faster. Let us take a minute to look at the different IRS refund options, and what each offers the individual taxpayer.The standard paper filing, although many are more familiar with this method of filing, is slowing reaching obsolescence. There will soon come a time that the old system of paper tax filing will be entirely eliminated and replaced by the electronic tax filing methods. If you are still one of the dying numbers of Ameri | | By: Fast Tax Refunds | | |
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