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Take me to the ball game

In my public policy class we are doing a project on Sport stadiums and how they are being built by tax money. I just wanted to throw out a few numbers.
These are all from the book “A Field of Schemes” by  Joanna Cagan and Neil DeMause
The construction of a new stadium can cost close to [...]

The welfare queen isn’t the only one cheating the system

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/nyregion/26fraud.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin

 
I found this earlier today.  It just goes against alot of the stereotypes in the books and articales we’ve read in class. 
Welfare cheating has become a business for some people. People who would be making more than enough are stealing from the government, because they work for cash busniess it’s pretty unfair. 
Welfare cheats, come in all different colors and walks of [...]

Taxs

Comparing the candidate tax plans.
Today many of us declared out political stand points and i thought it would be interesting to connect that to the upcoming elections and the presidential candidates tax proposals
Here are some things that I found interesting from http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411693_CandidateTaxPlans.pdf
· The two candidates’ plans would have sharply different distributional effects. Senator [...]

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    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. A reader at Naked Capitalism asked us to respond to a recent article from the Christian Science Monitor asking Does US need a second stimulus to create jobs? Marshall Auerback has already done some heavy lifting – and taken all of the heat in the comments. He says emphatically yes. Now [...] […]
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    This clip is from an interview with blogger Mike Stark. Apologies for the poor sound quality. While Dodd indicates that he is “inclined to be supportive” of Bernanke, he is surprisingly cautious about making a broader statement, a sign of a shift in sentiment. […]
  • Ivy Zelman: “Home prices are going back down” November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. Yves is stuffed again today, so I am going to post at least once or twice. Hopefully, we will also see something from Jesse or George as well. This is a post I wrote overnight about rising delinquencies and shadow housing inventory. I am not convinced house prices [...] […]

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  • Links 11/22/09 November 22, 2009
    Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair Times Online Economists: Wrong Again Michael Panzner The illusion of improving global imbalances Richard Baldwin and Daria Taglioni, VoxEU (hat tip reader Don B) Unemployment rates rise in 29 states CNN (hat tip reader John D) Wall St. Finds Profits Again, Now by Reducing Mortgages Louise [...] […]
    Yves Smith
  • Antidote du Jour November 21, 2009
    Apologies for absence of links! Hope to be back to closer to usual programming early next week. […]
    Yves Smith
  • Stop the madness now! November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. A reader at Naked Capitalism asked us to respond to a recent article from the Christian Science Monitor asking Does US need a second stimulus to create jobs? Marshall Auerback has already done some heavy lifting – and taken all of the heat in the comments. He says emphatically yes. Now [...] […]
    Edward Harrison
  • Dodd: Bernanke Confirmation “Not Necessarily” a Foregone Conclusion November 20, 2009
    This clip is from an interview with blogger Mike Stark. Apologies for the poor sound quality. While Dodd indicates that he is “inclined to be supportive” of Bernanke, he is surprisingly cautious about making a broader statement, a sign of a shift in sentiment. […]
    Yves Smith
  • Ivy Zelman: “Home prices are going back down” November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. Yves is stuffed again today, so I am going to post at least once or twice. Hopefully, we will also see something from Jesse or George as well. This is a post I wrote overnight about rising delinquencies and shadow housing inventory. I am not convinced house prices [...] […]
    Edward Harrison