I think the idea is that there will be cluster mailboxes in more and more neighborhoods. I live in a development that just opened two years ago and that’s what we have — 60 or so boxes on every other corner. Speeds up delivery considerably.
Also, tax revenues increased as a result of gains that were accelerated into 2012 to avoid the 15% to 20% increase on capital gains that took effect at the beginning of the year. And uncertainty about the impact of the 3.8% investment tax under Obamacare has led a lot of estimated tax payers to increase their quarterly payments this year — they don’t want to face underpayment penalties when they file next year.
Presidents don’t sign budgets. It’s an internal procedure. They’re negotiated between the House and the Senate and if they agree and pass the agreement it’s binding on Congress.
Nope. The bill provides that the debt limit will be raised automatically by the amount of debt issued between the date of the bill’s enactment through May 18. It’s pretty much a blank check. It does include language to prevent the government from advancing future debt into this period to take advantage of the automatic increase.
Unless you’ve got 100-lb calves that you’re trying to fatten into 1000-lb cattle, I can’t think why the price of cow’s milk should be a major concern for any of us humans.
If any Constitutional amendment passes the House and the Senate with a 2/3 vote in each, it goes directly to the states. The President has no role in amending the Constitution.
Capital gains is a reduced rate, not a deduction, so it’s not really a question of “keeping” it. And you probably need something in there that takes family size into account — a flat $15,000 exemption won’t do it.