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Social Security braces for budget cuts, frustrated public
Checks will arrive on time, but nearly every other task the Social Security Administration performs — from answering phones to determining eligibility for claims — will be delayed if Congress fails to stop steep federal budget cuts from taking...
Tags: White House, Michael J. Astrue , U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Democratic Party
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Free tax preparation help at Ellicott City Senior Center [Ellicott City]
The Ellicott City Senior Center is one of the host sites for senior citizens in need of free tax preparation help. The American Association of Retired Persons and the Internal Revenue Service are currently offering free personal income tax preparation...Tags: Chestertown, Washington College (Maryland), Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Ellicott City
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Higher taxes better than higher debt
American workers got an unpleasant surprise this month when they received their first paychecks of 2013. The typical full-time worker, who earns about $40,145 a year, found that his two-week paycheck was $30 lighter than his last check of 2012. The lost...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Finance, Libertarian Party, Public Finance, Social Security
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Reducing utility costs, hospital visits
The first winter after Danielle Smith bought her house in North Baltimore, the 35-year-old schoolteacher wondered if it even had a furnace, it was so cold and drafty. Now, with almost all new windows and several other energy-efficiency retrofits, Smith...
Tags: Physical Conditions, Wheezing, Home Improvement, Govans, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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On Obamacare, sequester and taxes: predictions revisited
Politicians (including former politicians) like to be right more than most people. You see, in politics, public officials live or die by their (very) public opinions concerning the issues of the day. It is with this somber thought in mind that I reissue...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Annapolis, Parties and Movements, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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In gauging Maryland's competitiveness, stick to the facts
In his recent State of the State speech, Gov. Martin O'Malley said, "Our story, Maryland's story, is the story of better choices and better results." This is certainly the kind of high rhetorical flourish we have come to expect from state leaders during...
Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Martin O'Malley, Andrew Cuomo, Annapolis
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Obama speech was about strengthening the middle class
I'm not a shill for the Obama administration, but I must disagree with reporter David Lauter's analysis of the president's State of the Union Address ("In singular speech, a split approach to power," Feb.13). Mr. Lauter writes that early in his first...
Tags: Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, U.S. Congress
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Maryland must tax and spend less
Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget proposes a $1.4 billion increase in spending over last year ("O'Malley offers $37.3 billion plan," Jan. 17). Spending has increased 26 percent since 2008, taxes have been raised 24 times and high-income earners have fled...
Tags: Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley, Government
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The hoax of austerity economics
We are in the most anemic recovery in modern history. The president is talking about boosting the economy and rebuilding the middle class, but Washington isn't doing squat. In fact, apart from the Fed -- which continues to hold down interest rates in...
Tags: Public Finance, Social Security, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Employment
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Vehicles for Change, Wheels for Work provide vehicle to Harford County family
Vehicles for Change, a Baltimore-based nonprofit, and Harford County Wheels for Work joined forces to award their first vehicle, a 2005 Subaru Impreza, to a Harford County family. The organizations partnered together in October 2012 to provide...Tags: Harford County, Poverty, Washington, DC, Subaru
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Harford Community Action Agency Offers Free Income Tax Assistance
The Harford Community Action Agency is again providing the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program to people and families with low- to moderate-incomes (annual income of up to $50,000). The program is a free income tax assistance service where help...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Woodbridge, Credit and Debt
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Mortgage interest deduction must go
Would you support a tax reform measure that could help reduce the federal deficit, remove a needless distortion in the economy and make the system fairer? Me too, which is why I'm taking aim at a sacred cow: the home interest mortgage deduction. That'...
Tags: House Building, Financial and Business Services, Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers, Mortgages
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