Coming soon, more stimulus spending from Congress

MORE SPENDING=ECONOMIC STIMULUS=JOBS CREATION
I sometimes wonder if the equation above actually does what the big spenders want us to believe. Since sometime in 2008, we have seen an unprecedented amount of money spent on stimulating our economy. It started under George W. Bush and it has only gotten bigger and more expensive since Barack Obama [...]

The New Homebuyer Tax Credit

Last week the President signed a new $24 billion stimulus bill including measures to extend jobless benefits, to provide tax relief for struggling businesses, and to expand the homebuyer’s tax credit introduced earlier this year. The measure passed the Senate unanimously (98-0) and the House overwhelmingly (403-12) and was signed by President Obama. Ordinarily I [...]