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As you know, the provisions from the Credit CARD Act are taking effect. Some of these changes definitely offer better protection, but it doesn’t mean that you can just ignore the letters that come through the mail. When it comes to credit cards, you will always need to read the fine print. Credit card issuers [...]

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The new federal budget for 2011 is now released, and with the proposed deficit of $1.267 trillion dollars, seeing the actual breakdown was actually pretty eye opening.

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If you want to hit me, punch here. I’m numb and can’t feel it anyway.
As we talked about yesterday, the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit is extended, and that even existing owners who buy will be able to get $6,500. The new requirements – signed purchase agreement by April 30, 2010 and [...]

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After a successful trial run that boosted home sales and brought buyers back to the table, the government has extended the $8,000 first-time home buyers tax credit through June 2010.
 
Now it’s not just first-timers who are benefiting — the president also signed off on a new $6,500 tax credit for existing homeowners who purchase a [...]

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Cash for Clunkers tax rules have been falsely rumored by many people on the Internet and I want to clear it up for anyone who already took advantage of this program. The truth is that the Cash for Clunkers income is not taxable. It doesn’t matter if you received $3,500 or $4,500 and [...]

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Imagine for a minute that you know two families – both have similar household income and both started out with nothing in their bank accounts. Now, let’s assume that one family (we’ll call them DebtBag) likes to keep up with the jones. The family starts to buy million dollar homes, multiple Mercedes and [...]

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What’s the deal with the Cash for Clunkers Program? Within four days of starting, the program’s $1 billion dollar funding is already depleted. Then the next day, the house quickly rushed together another bill to add an additional $2 billion funding to be voted on this week. Since many of you emailed [...]

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The government seems to be doing everything it can to re-inflate the housing bubble. Artificially low interest rates, loan modification programs, first time home buyers credit are just a few of the initiatives aimed at attracting more demand. These programs have no doubt worked, as home prices are showing signs of stability.
On the [...]

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Last week when we talked about Obama’s proposed health care reform, there were more concerns about the government running the program than the core initiative of every American obtaining medical coverage. Certainly, this is sparked by our experience of government wastes and inefficiencies but why do we have to feel that way? Why [...]

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A hot agenda in the Obama camp these days is the up and coming health care reform. Yet for some reason, the media isn’t giving it the needed attention it deserves. Did you know that the cost of our health care system is the most expensive in the world? Let’s explore this [...]

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