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| Canada Proposes Expanding Censorship for Film Tax Credit Recipients | | 2008-06-05 23:00:00 | | A few days ago we wrote about some of the reasons why film tax credits are poor tax policy. They are corporate welfare for a profitable industry, they almost never weigh costs and benefits after enactment, they distort economic behavior, and they paper over deeper business tax climate problems. We also mentioned censorship—Canada has started vetting movies financed with film tax credits and other subsidies. The recent proposal to expand this censorship in Canada (spearheaded by the Minister of Heritage) has caused an uproar:The mayors of Canada's largest cities say their economies would take a major blow if the federal government is allowed to deny tax credits to film and TV productions it deems too violent or pornographic. "We share a concern. That concern is about our economy," Toronto Mayor David Miller, who was speaking on behalf of the mayors, told the Senate banking committee yesterday."But it is also about Canadians' continued ability to tell our own stories | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay among recipients of exemplary Hokkiens award | | 2008-04-25 12:21:00 | | I'm a Hokkien too. Cheers :)Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay among recipients of exemplary Hokkiens award Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay The Star Online, April 25, 2008FORMER Penang chief minister Tun Lim Chong Eu and ex-MCA president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik are among 10 recipients of the Exemplary Malaysians Hokkien Award, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.The others are YTL Corp patriarch Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay, palm oil king Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng, Tan Sri Tong Yoke Kim, Sarawak-based timber tycoon Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King, Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan of Hong Leong Group, philanthropist Tan Sri Kuek Ho Yao, property tycoon Tan Sri Low Keng Seng and Chinese educationist Datuk Sim Mow Yu.The award was established in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of The Federation of Hokkien Association of Malaysia.Organising chairman Tan Kim Leong said another 40 people from the Hokkien clan would also be presented the Outstanding Malaysians Hokkien Award.However, he said the 40 names would be announced at a grand award-gi | | By: Nerdy Eddy | | |
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| Massachusetts fails former welfare recipients | | 2008-04-03 07:55:11 | | Welfare benefits have never been high, but once upon a time, if you were really careful, you could raise your family with some dignity. Of course, in 1987, the year I mustered up my courage to get off welfare and take a job for the princely sum of $10,000 a year, the average apartment rent was $400, gasoline was under a dollar a gallon, and a dozen eggs only sixty-five cents. Welfare benefits then were 37% below the Federal poverty level, about what they are now. But things cost less in 1987.But change was written on the wall. Reagan had launched his "Welfare Queen" propaganda and by the time Clinton came along the idea of welfare reform was in full swing. Not that welfare didn't need to be reformed, but what Clinton version we njicknamed "welfare deform."In the thirteen years since welfare reform was instituted nationally, the number of welfare recipients in Massachusetts has fallen by more than half, to about 46,000. The Commonwealth has saved more than $680 million. But pover | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
| | Amounts Spouses of Medicaid Recipients May Keep in 2008 Released | | 2007-10-28 20:19:35 | | Oct. 28, 2007 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the 2008 federal guidelines for how much money the spouses of institutionalized Medicaid recipients may keep, according to ElderLawAnswers.com.
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| | The Department of Education and Undersecretary Franklin Sunga are Recipients of Da Daily Donkey Award! | | 2007-07-11 02:50:00 | | Da Daily DonkeyDa Daily Donkey Award goes to the Philippines' Department of Education (DepEd), which approved error-filled textbooks used in our country's public elementary schools, and to its Undersecretary Franklin Sunga, who sought to downplay the errors uncovered by academician Antonio Calipjo Go. Mr. Go had a full-page ad in the Inquirer's Monday issue listing down the hundreds of errors he found in English and Filipino textbooks.From Inquirer.net:"Those are alleged errors,'' DepEd Undersecretary Franklin Sunga said in reaction to the full-page ad put out by Go in The Inquirer's Monday issue listing down the hundreds of errors he found in English and Pilipino textbooks.A-Kid: Common sense is not so common after all. Mr. Sunga, an academician such as Antonio Calipjo Go wouldn't put himself out in the open for libel suits (and via a full-page ad in one of the country's popular newspapers) if he didn't know what he was talking about.Sunga said that he did not find the terms | | By: The AnitoKid Chronikos | | |
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| 110 Living Medal Of Honor Recipients | | 2007-05-28 22:03:00 | | י"א בסיון תשס"זPoor is the nation that has no heroes, but beggard is the nation that has but forgets them.In follow-up to my previous post, here is a link to the names and information regarding the living recipients of the Medal of Honor. From Home Of Heros, regarding the Medal of Honor:The Medal of Honor may well be our Nation's rarest "gem", and the men who wear it are certainly our most "endangered species". Even most military veterans have never actually SEEN a Medal of Honor, much less met one of the few men authorized to display it around his neck. Since it was established in 1862 at the beginning of the Civil War, it has only been awarded to 3,444 heroes...almost half of them Civil War soldiersSince the beginning of World War II, only 846 Medals of Honor have been awarded. Over half that number died in their moment of heroism. Only 328 soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen from Pearl Harbor to Somalia have survived to actually wear the Medal. Today only 110 of them a | | By: Walking On Fire | | |
| | The following message could not be delivered to all recipients | | 2006-11-17 01:14:00 | | This has been notified - do not panic, it is not just you. This problem has been happening for a few days to many people. Msn is aware (see their homepage) and are fixing the problem. Should be fixed within the week.Use webmessenger until we figure out how to solve it.http://webmessenger.msn.com or http://iloveim.comCheck also MSN Service status: http://status.messenger.msn.com/Status.aspxUpdate: It seems the service is returning to normal. I would suggest signing out and back in again if you are still receiving the error. Apparently engineers investigated the problem and found a fix. | | By: Msn Errors - Solutions | | |
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