THE ECONOMY AND TAXES

Social Security strained by early retirements...
Michigan faces govt. shutdown...
Unemployment rate for young explodes to 52.2%...
Risky business: States tax the rich at their peril...
Democrats on path torepeat housing disaster
San Fran Mayor To Tax Retailers Who Sell Soda...California Unemployment Rate Reaches 12.2%... WHITE HOUSE ECON ADVISER: HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YEARS TO COME...
Federal deficit hits $1.38T through August...
Taxpayers unlikely to recoverGM, Chrysler investment
Long-term unemploymentnumbers reach record
Official: Real unemployment rate at 16%...
PAPER: There is something wrong with this 'recovery'...
'Problem' Banks Rise to 15-Year High on Bad Loans...
Japanese, Koreans gain most from 'cash for clunkers'...
Feds: Stimulus Money Sent To 4,000 Cons...
State and local governments have expanded their payrolls since recession...
57% don't see stimulus working
Mortgage deliquency rate hits all time high...
Cash-for-clunkers boost Japanese car sales; Americans choose Toyota over US brands...
BUDGET BLOWOUT: CHICAGO GOV'T CLOSED ON MONDAY
34 MILLION ON FOOD STAMPS...

House Orders Up 3 Elite Jets; $200 Million Cost...
Obama's 'cash for clunkers'helps Japanese auto giants
'Cash for clunkers' isObamanomics in microcosm
Tax Revenue Takes Biggest Dive Since Great Depression
Obama outspends his promisenot to raise taxes on middle class
"First Arbitration, Second..."
Detroit area joblessrate tops 17%

Unemployment rates rise in 90% of metro areas...
CDC Chief: Soda Tax Could Combat Obesity...
PAPER: Tough love for fat people: Tax their food to pay for healthcare...
Stimulus Jobs In Oregon -- Last Only One Week!
Fiscal ruin of theWestern world beckons
'WE RESCUED THE ECONOMY'
GOVERNMENT MOTORS sales fall 22%...
UPDATE: Administration Delays Key Economic Report...
California unemploymentrate rises to 11.6%
Obama: Top income earnersare just lucky
Unemployment tops 10 percent in 16 states in June...
California state offices shut down on Friday to save cash...
Foreclosures at record high in first half 2009 despite aid... Rising unemployment accelerates foreclosure crisis...
'WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO KEEP FROM GOING BANKRUPT'
CBO: Federal budget is on unsustainable path...
TERRIFYING 57% TAX LOOMS FOR BIGGEST EARNERS IN NYC
Why we'll leave L.A.
Government's credit no good with us:California banks stop accepting IOUs
MICHIGAN 'MAY HIT 20% UNEMPLOYMENT'...
Congressional report: Gov'tculprit in economic crisis
Wall St hits 10-week low...
U.S. lurching towards'debt explosion'
Biden admits: We'misread' economy
Jobless rate at 9.5%; 467K jobs cut in June...
Here we go again! Barney Frank asks FANNIE and FREDDIE to relax Mortgage lending rules…
Home prices post 18% annual drop...
Mortgage applications fall to 7-month low...
Private sector sheds another 473,000 jobs in June...
Fuel tax could be replaced with by-the-mile road tax...
Consumer confidence suffers steep fall...
UK Economy Shrinks More Than Estimated; Biggest Contraction Since 1958...
Deficit forces California to issue IOUs...
Mounting Jobless Claims Force States To Borrow Funds...
NYC spends at least $36,000/year to house homeless+medical+legal
Jobless Claims Rise...
700 NYC teacherspaid to do nothing
500 Lose Jobs with new Tax on Cigars; Tampa plant closes...
Massachusetts housing homeless in motels; Costs $2 million per month...
Home Prices Decline Another 6.8%; Foreclosures Rise...
California cuts tax exemptions -- for kids...
California crisis threatens to devastate school system...
BUDGET NIGHTMARES: STATES PLAN DEEPER CUTS...
Numbers on Welfare See Sharp Increase...
8 states see record unemployment rates in May...
California 11.5%...
Los Angeles suggests putting unemployed parents to work -- caring for their own children...
Illinois Rate Spikes To Double-Digits, Highest In 25 Years...
Obama: Jobless Rate Will Reach 10% ...
OBAMA ERA: BULLDOZE SHRINKING CITIES?
SIX FLAGS seeks Chapt. 11 bankruptcy protection...
Stimulus fraud could hit $50 billion...
Health-Care Bill Drafted by Dems to Include $600 Billion in Tax Increases...
California nears 'financial meltdown'
California contemplates ultimate reform - no welfare...
Big government spending programs -- having opposite desired effect...
Unemployment Rate Gallops Ahead of Expectations...
Schwarzenegger suggests state consider flat tax...
Unemployment rises to 9.4%... , Highest Since July 1983...
UPDATE: MANY STATES FACE WORSENING FISCAL CRISES...
Microsoft to move jobs overseasif Obama tax plan passes
1 of every 6 dollars of Americans' income is government check or voucher...
Rasmussen: 67% opposeGM bailout plan
OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90... GM's May sales fall 30 pct., FORD's down 24 pct....