Government Archive
47% Of Households Will Pay No Federal Income Tax In 2009
September 30, 2009 · Category: Government, Politics
Source: "47% Will Pay No Federal Income Tax", CNNMoney, September 30
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Top Gun FP Client Note: The Crack Based Economy
September 29, 2009 · Category: Federal Reserve, Government, Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Real Estate, Top Gun Financial Planning
NOTE: Every week I write a Client Note for my clients. For a limited time, I am allowing non-clients to sign up and receive the Client Note. You can sign up at the top right ...
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$128 Million Federal Stimulus Grant For San Bernadino I-215 Freeway Widening
September 29, 2009 · Category: Government, Macro Economics
We've been frugal. Now we can get back to normal. We might even take a trip.
- Charles Ojuri, whose small construction firm received a $780,000 contract to clear trees around I-215
John Husing, an economist who ...
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Another WSJ Editorial On The FHA’s Shaky Finances
September 29, 2009 · Category: Government, Real Estate
One place to start is the Federal Housing Administration, the nation's insurer of nearly $750 billion in outstanding mortgages. The agency acknowledged this month that a new but still undisclosed HUD audit has found that ...
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CA To Sell $2 Billion Worth Of Office Buildings To Raise Cash
We're looking to get these properties sold as soon as possible.
- Eric Lamoureux, CA Department of General Services Spokesmen
The state wants to sell the buildings for the cash and then lease them back from the ...
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Robert Reich: Why The Dow Is Hitting 10,000 As Regular Folks Lose Their Jobs
Great post by Robert Reich on what's going on:
So how can the Dow Jones Industrial Average be flirting with 10,000 when consumers, who make up 70 percent of the economy, have had to cut way ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: The Wisdom of George Soros
September 22, 2009 · Category: Federal Reserve, Government, Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Real Estate, Top Gun Financial Planning
NOTE: Every week I write a Client Note for my clients. For a limited time, I am allowing non-clients to sign up and receive the Client Note. You can sign up at the top right ...
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The Next Fannie Mae
The Wall Street Journal wrote an editorial on the dangerous growth at Ginnie Mae on August 11th: "The Next Fannie Mae". It makes the same points I made the other day in "Ginnie Mae Accounts for ...
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Going Broke: Sac Bee Feature Series On California’s Budget Crisis
September 21, 2009 · Category: California, Government
A couple of interesting front page feature pieces in the Sacramento Bee on California's budget mess:
"Going Broke: State's a wreck - can it be fixed?", The Sacramento Bee, September 20, A1
The most interesting piece from ...
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Ginnie Mae Accounts For 20% Of New Mortgages In 2009
Another fascinating article from two Thursdays ago in The Wall Street Journal about how Ginnie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration are playing an increasingly large role in the mortgage market ("Banks Load Up on ...
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