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Here is a nice concise guide on the effects of the tax policies which will expire on Jan 1, 2011 unless the legislation is renewed, or new legislation passed.  Very little of the legislation passed by Congress has an expiration date but this does;

• Part I  rate tables comparison 2010 to 2011.
• Part II examples of typical situations: (Ex 1 : Fam of 4, $50,000 income, increase tax libility in 2011  =  $2136)
• Part III  additional info on child tax credits, marriage penalty, and the 10 percent tax bracket

Prepared by House Committee on Ways and Means - Republican

"Ever since Democrats ostentatiously signed [Pay-Go] into law, they have used every excuse in the book to avoid complying with it — in order to keep running up deficits and debt."

Read more here

James S. Henry and Laurence J. Kotlikoff have written this excellent piece on the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill which just passed both houses of Congress an is on the way to the President.

The Dodd-Frank bill does nothing to deal with Wall Street's central problem: systemic non-disclosure.

So long Glass-Steagall. Hello Dodd-Frank--the most comprehensive rewrite of financial rules since 1933. This 2,319-page colossus--10 times the length of Glass-Steagall--took 1.5 years to produce and will cost $30 billion and many more years to implement. Will all this time and treasure make Wall Street safe for Main Street?

No.

Read the full article here.

Oil Spill Timeline from RightChange on Vimeo.

Senator Tom Colburn has issued this 32 page report on the effects of ObamaCare will be on Americans.  Read the PDF file here.

Americans for Tax Reform have compiled  a list of taxes that will increase on Jan 1, 2011.  They range from income tax increases at every income level, to child exemptions, to capital gains taxes and more.  Read the report here or for the PDF version

h/t  Linda Stanton