Posted on 02/14/2009 10:56:58 AM PST by Steelfish
RAW DATA: Stimulus Bill -- Who Gets What?
An examination of how the economic stimulus plan will affect Americans
Saturday, February 14, 2009
The recovery package has tax breaks for families that send a child to college, purchase a new car, buy a first home or make the ones they own more energy efficient.
Millions of workers can expect to see about $13 extra in their weekly paychecks, starting around June, from a new $400 tax credit to be doled out through the rest of the year. Couples would get up to $800. In 2010, the credit would be about $7.70 a week, if it is spread over the entire year.
The $1,000 child tax credit would be extended to more low-income families that don't make enough money to pay income taxes, and poor families with three or more children will get an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit.
Middle-income and wealthy taxpayers will be spared from paying the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was designed 40 years ago to make sure wealthy taxpayers pay at least some tax, but was never indexed for inflation. Congress fixes it each year, usually in the fall.
First-time homebuyers who purchase their homes before Dec. 1 would be eligible for an $8,000 tax credit, and people who buy new cars before the end of the year can write off the sales taxes.
Homeowners who add energy-efficient windows, furnaces and air conditioners can get a tax credit to cover 30 percent of the costs, up to a total of $1,500. College students -- or their parents -- are eligible for tax credits of up to $2,500 to help pay tuition and related expenses in 2009 and 2010.
Those receiving unemployment benefits this year wouldn't pay any federal income taxes on the first $2,400 they receive.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I think they are discovering that they are now no longer middle class. At 75K a year they are now the filthy rich.
Funny how the numbers keep changing on who is rich.
to read...
Exactly. From an economic standpoint the bill is retarded, something even liberals would have a hard time disputing.
JOBBED! JOBBED! JOBBED!
Are you by any chance a wrestling fan?
I checked Thomas.gov and found the link here:
http://www.thomas.gov/home/approp/app09.html
If you click on the link under Conf. Report, Div. A and Div B it will download. Then if you use your search binoculars, you can search whatever words you wish. At least I think that’s how I managed to search.
For damn sake, what in the hell will this amount of money do. Where in the hell is Obama and his corrupt nitwits living. Mars? Damn where have these dumb dirt-bags been living?
Wrestling? Just curious, what’s the connection? — other than getting Pelosi in a headlock and making her eat the 1000 ‘stimulus’ bill page by page? ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Recall ‘em all.”
I was wondering about that myself.
Couldn’t a petition drive be started in EVERY State, to remove the Congress members (House and Senate), who voted FOR the handouts, thus ignoring the people they were elected to represent? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Yes, that can be done.
Each Rep and Sen falls under the rules of their own state.
We don’t need to get them all, just 40 of them or so !!!
In Louisiana, there is one easy (but still very hard) target (Melancon) and one more very difficult target (Landrieu)
We need to get only 1/3 of all registered voters in Melancon’s district to sign a recall petition!
WHO ARE THE TARGETS IN YOUR STATE?
WHAT ARE THE RECALL RULES FOR YOUR STATE?
In professional wrestling slang, the term job describes a losing performance in a wrestling match.[1] It is derived from the euphemism "doing one's job", which was employed to protect kayfabe. As professional wrestling is scripted, inevitably a wrestler will be required to lose to an opponent.[2]
The term can be used a number of ways. When a wrestler is booked, or scripted, to lose a match it is described as "a job." The act itself is described with the verb jobbing. To lose a match fairly is to job cleanly.[2] A loss through outside interference, cheating, or a reversed decision is called a screwjob. Wrestlers who routinely lose matches are known as jobbers.
America loses. Hope we're not lost.
The lefties get the goldmine the rest of us get the shaft.
WHAT ARE THE RECALL RULES FOR YOUR STATE?"
First, ANY and ALL who voted FOR the Porkulus suppository that was just rammed up the taxpayers' rear-ends SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE FOR MALFEASANCE, IMHO. This should be done in all "57 States".
As far as the "official rules" for Recall/Removal from Office; I'm in Ohio, and I cannot find the exact Constitutional requirements for conducting/accomplishing such removal.
As far as U.S. Senators, of course, we have sleazy Sherrod Brown, and RINO Voinovich right now (he's already announced retirement, so we'll be getting another Democrat Senator in this Blue State).
Ohio is infested with blue collar Union boneheads, who vote (D) no matter what (they do as their Union Bosses tell them), even though the bulk of them were out of work for being overpaid and pricing themselves out of the market. In addition, we have the inner-city "don't have to worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't have to worry 'bout no gas..." crowd (aka, fourth generation welfare/entitlements' crowd) and ACORN makes sure every tree stump, dead body, and cartoon character votes in Ohio.
It's a sickening situation, and with the added burden of taxes coming down on those who work for a living or run a business, this new load will drive the economy to ruins for sure (which is what the goal of the Socialists is).
Interestingly, before the Senate vote, there were ads EVERY HOUR on radio, urging people to call Voinovich to change his vote, and the ads were sponsored by AFSCME and People for Change......the entitilements and government-dependent crowd!
How poor do you have to be to get this credit?
Wait just a darn minute.....where is my free house and the free gas for my car?
Someone else posted it here -it’s at thomas.gov. When I called my Senator yesterday to urge a no vote, they told me you can search by topic with ctrlF. Haven’t tried it myself yet.
Where is my free ammo-? If we’re going to get free stuff, we might as well get something we can use to improve things...
Ohio hey?
Perhaps these good folks know. They are trying to recall City Council members.
We need to get them looking over their shoulders.
By SHELLEY TERRY - Staff Writer - sterry@starbeacon.com
Star Beacon
ASHTABULA — The campaign to unseat four City Council members kicked off its petition-signing drive Tuesday with a steady line of people streaming into a downtown building.
For more than three hours, Concerned Citizens for Progress (CCP) guided registered voters as they signed recall petitions in an effort to remove council vice president Betty Kist, Ward 1 Councilman Joseph Rose, Ward 2 Councilman Bernie Roskovics and Ward 3 Councilwoman Ericka Severino.
“People were here before we opened the
door,” said Alice Cook, a CCP volunteer. “It looks like we need more volunteers.”
David Bucci, president of 25-member citizens group, smiled when he walked up to the front door and saw that the line extended out the door.
“I’m very pleased with the turnout,” he said.
Ashtabula resident Carilee McCue said, “It’s something that needs to be done.”
Diane Higley of Ashtabula had another motive in mind.
“I’m here to get rid of Tom Simon and his girlfriend,” she said.
Ashtabula resident Liz Lago said council needs to do something, such as bring jobs to the area.
“They haven’t done a thing for the city,” she said.
Judy Brown of Ashtabula said she is tired of council’s “kindergarten ways” and constant fighting.
Council members Rodger Altier, Julie Lattimer and James Trisket are not named in the recall movement.
“We feel (Trisket and Lattimer) have some good ideas, but they are not being heard,” Bucci said.
As for Altier, state law mandates council members must serve one year before they can be recalled, “giving them a fair chance” to serve the public. Altier was appointed in August following former council president Robert Beacom’s resignation.
http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_035004621.html
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