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Savings Savvy on December 3rd, 2009

How about not taxing the interest on savings accounts. Savings accounts are the savings device of choice for the lower to mid income people. These are the very people that we need to encourage to save.

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Savings Savvy on November 23rd, 2009

,[18] * A limit or repeal of the itemized deduction for medical expenses,[19] * A limit on the Qualified Medical Expense definition,[20] * An increase in the payroll taxes on students,[21] * An extension of the Medicare payroll tax to all state and local government employees,[22] * An increase in taxes on hospitals,[23] * An [...]

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Savings Savvy on October 31st, 2009

Let’s say you have two banks, Bank A and Bank B.
Bank A’s full name is Bank A, N.A.
Bank B is Bank B, fsb
How are the two different? What can Bank A do that Bank B cannot and vice-versa? How does this affect FDIC insurance?

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Savings Savvy on October 14th, 2009

Let’s say you have two banks, Bank A and Bank B.
Bank A’s full name is Bank A, N.A.
Bank B is Bank B, fsb
How are the two different? What can Bank A do that Bank B cannot and vice-versa? How does this affect FDIC insurance?

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Savings Savvy on June 9th, 2009

go much higher … unemployment recession cnbc economy rebound jobless recovery stock market GDP shrinks cap and trade dollars swine flu france dow jones consumer debt spending durable good orders gov data manufacturing construction banking america china auto chrysler bankrupt gold irs credit cards interest rates savings rate treasury bonds national default cost billions tax [...]

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Savings Savvy on June 2nd, 2009

Hi, I’ve been reading that usually the amount borrowed and re-invested in the economy equals five times the amounts of savings (life insurance + personal bank accounts) in this given (developing) country.
Is that correct?
Please give sources with the answer
Thx

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Savings Savvy on May 29th, 2009

liability requires a national debate about whether the scheme’s parameters – the age of eligibility, the link to the average wage and its universality – are affordable long term. It would have been more honest to flag the need for that debate. But the Budget is honest in recognising the limits to what a Government [...]

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