Word: taxed
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...Healy. “Even though this is bad news, we have only just begun,” said Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, the vice mayor of the City of Cambridge. He said that the income generated by the capital gains tax is expected to be reduced by at least $750 million in the fiscal year of 2009, citing the data presented at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Massachusetts governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 implemented the budget cuts on Oct. 15, as a response to an estimated state budget deficit...
...Summers said at one point, drawing laughter from the nearly 30 people in attendance at the event. “The difference in economic approaches by either candidate is that one is sophisticated and the other is not.” Summers identified Obama’s proposed tax cuts for the middle class and his emphasis on a cooperative foreign policy as key progressive elements of the presiddential hopeful’s platform. “Economic outcomes have been better under more progressive leadership,” he said, crediting the policies of former president Bill Clinton with...
...appearances as political rallies, Uncle Sam's election campaign contributions have been varied. During Hillary Clinton's first U.S. Senate campaign in 2000, the Democratic Party frequently sent a young volunteer dressed as Uncle Sam to her opponent's campaign events, to publicly ask him to disclose his tax returns...
...nearly twice the normal level this year - have had to wait two hours or more in Kansas City and St. Louis. Adding to fears of chaos is the sheer length of the ballot. For instance, in St. Louis County - a key suburban area outside central St. Louis - three sales tax hikes are among the issues on a ballot that will take informed voters 10 minutes to complete, says Republican consultant Paul Zemitzsch. A novice voter might need 20 minutes to digest it. - By Karen Ball / Kansas City...
...race winds down, Sununu has responded to such attacks with an unorthodox move-trying to tie his Democratic opponent to Bush. Sununu's campaign has released an ad pointing out that Shaheen initially supported the war in Iraq as well as Bush's tax cuts, and using footage of her repeatedly saying "I'll stand with President Bush" in 2002. It's a long-shot effort from a politician whose rise has been halted by an unpopular president. "If the question is who is closer to Bush," says a top Shaheen strategist, "that's an easy one. He loses...