Top ScoopsSunday, December 28, 2008 @ 5:00AMEMAIL RECIPIENTS PLEASE NOTE: This item is being distributed on the UnansweredQuestions.Org UQ Wire and the Scoop.co.nz Eco-Economy and Real Deal email lists.
2008 US Election & Quadrupling The Inflation TaxThursday, August 14, 2008 @ 2:50PMUS presidential candidate Barack Obama has proposed increasing the capital gains tax from 15% to 25%. Unfortunately, the biggest component of investment taxes during inflationary times is not taxation of economic income, but taxation of the government’s destruction of the value of its own currency.
This Week in Wickenburg HistoryWednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 4:30PMWickenburg adults and young people are learning the art of self-defense, known as karate, in free classes at the Community Building in Sols Wash Park. Participating are (back row, left to right) John Snodgrass, Bill Barnett, Robert Doyle, Ralph Outhouse, (second row, left to right) Fred Tubbs, Vernie Crissman, Elaine Kelly, Helen Doyle, Mary Outhouse, (front row, left to right) Gary Outhouse, ...
Shoppers getting creative to maintain lifestyle in slumpWednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 2:18AMLocal shoppers are finding creative ways to try to maintain their lifestyles as prices at the gasoline pump and checkout line continue to rise.
Economy continues slide with no relief on horizonWednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 2:18AMThe prices of everything from vegetables to car insurance rose in June, the sixth consecutive month that wholesale prices increased, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Tuesday that consumers can expect to be pounded for a while longer.