Obama’s Loss Traced To Non-Voter 0
Single Nonvoter Tipped Election
To McCain-Palin Ticket
Archive for October, 2008
McCain and Obama on Tax Reform 0
McCain’s tax cuts would help those with very high incomes; Obama would offer breaks to low- and middle-income earners and increase the burden on the rich
Essential Difference
Obama is more aggressive in the number of his proposed tax plans. They range from creating income-related subsidies for health insurance to refundable “Making Work Pay” credits and “Universal Mortgage” credits. He’ll increase the maximum capital-gains tax to 25%. He will keep some of the 2001 and 2003 tax laws, such as the child-credit expansions and the 10%, 15%, 25%, and 28% income rates.
That breakdown of the two tax plans comes from the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture between the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. Its recent analysis captures the essential difference between the two tax approaches:
• Senator McCain’s tax cuts would primarily benefit those with very high incomes, almost all of whom would receive large tax cuts that would, on average, raise their aftertax incomes by more than twice the average for all households. Many fewer households at the bottom of the income distribution would get tax cuts, and those whose taxes fall would, on average, see their aftertax income rise much less.
• In marked contrast, Senator Obama offers much larger tax breaks to low- and middle-income taxpayers and would increase taxes on high-income taxpayers. The largest tax cuts, as a share of income, would go to those at the bottom of the distribution, while taxpayers with the highest income would see their taxes rise.
Paris Hilton get Presidential with Martin Sheen 0
Paris seeks the advice of the most esteemed fake president of our generation.
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just in case you missed the first Paris Hilton response to McCain, here it is…
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Riding with the Best – by Beau Nilsson 1
Riding With The Best from beau nilsson on Vimeo.
Canyon-Carving scooter rider’s dream comes true on factory supersport machine.Filmed in Burbank and various unincorporated areas of Los Angeles over two weekends in June 2008.
Thank you for “Riding With The Best”
No More Drunk Emailing – thanks to GOOGLE Comments Off
Stop sending mail you later regret.
Sometimes I send messages I shouldn’t send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together. Gmail can’t always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we’re launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help.
When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?
After Bailout, AIG Execs Head to California Resort 0
Rescued by Taxpayers, $440,000 for Retreat Including “Pedicures, Manicures”
Less than a week after the federal government committed $85 billion to bail out AIG, executives of the giant AIG insurance company headed for a week-long retreat at a luxury resort and spa, the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, California, Congressional investigators revealed today.
“Rooms at this resort can cost over $1,000 a night,” Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) said this morning as his committee continued its investigation of Wall Street and its CEOs.
AIG documents obtained by Waxman’s investigators show the company paid more than $440,000 for the retreat, including nearly $200,000 for rooms, $150,000 for meals and $23,000 in spa charges.
How To Pay Off $14,330 In 20 Months 1
Stuck in a $14,300 debt hole, reader Trixare4kids was able to dig herself out using tips she learned about on Consumerist.com. Let’s learn how she attacked her personal finances and learned to live frugally, and did it all in 20 months.Yahoo! Buzz
She writes: “This morning I made my very last payment on $14,300 in credit card debt and a personal line of credit for a home improvement project that was completed a few years ago. I paid it off over the last 20 months thanks to applying some of the stuff I learned at consumerist.com. It was tough. It took discipline, but I did it!
Instead of making a bunch of changes at once, I did things a little over time. It looked something like this. It’s maybe not in the order that makes the most sense to a financial planner or in the order that someone else would do things; I just know that it worked for me.
MONTH 1: NEGOTIATING BETTER CREDIT CARDS RATES:
I called every single credit card company and tried to negotiate for a lower rate. I was successful with a lot of them. In once case the rate went from 14% to 7.99%. If they would not lower the interest rate, I politely thanked them and then transferred those balances onto lower rate cards. I canceled each card as it was paid off.MONTH 2: GO CASH-ONLY:
I cut up every single card except one for emergencies. I actually put my remaining credit card in a big plastic cup full of water and stuck it in the freezer. That way, I’d really have to work at it to get that card. Cash only was the rule. If I did not have the cash, I did not need it. It’s still in the freezer 20 months later.
Vincent Laforet’s “REVERIE” (full video)- shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II Comments Off
Vincent Laforet from Vilis Skuja on Vimeo.
this is an amazing sample of what the Canon 5D Mark II is capable of, especially when in the hands of Vincent LaForet. i want one!
for those of you who don’t know, this is a 21MP still photo SLR camera that shoots 1080p HD Video.
