Electric Wall Heater for Fast Affordable Heating


When the weather gets chilly and you want to quickly warm up a room, the perfect answer is to use an electric wall heater. Just switch on one of these slimline low wattage panel heaters for fast, economical heating just where you want it anywhere in your home or business premises. Wall heaters are ideal [...]

TV Interview : FHA Premiums, Jumbo Mortgage Guidelines, And Mortgage Rates


I gave a 2-part interview with Beejal Patel of First Business television. This is the second part. We talk about FHA mortgage insurance premiums, jumbo mortgage changes, and the impact of double-dip recession on the economy.

TV Interview : Existing Home Sales, The Tax Credit, And Mortgage Rates


I gave a 2-part interview with Beejal Patel of First Business television. This is the first part. We talk about the economy, home sales and mortgage rates.

New Issue of Tax Watch


Tax Watch is the Tax Foundation’s quarterly tax policy newsletter, presenting our economic research and analysis in a simple, non-technical format-ideal for the non-economist looking for a clear explanation of current tax issues.

Highlights from the Summer 2010 issue include:

•  A Smaller Federal Budget Starts at Home

• Healthcare Bill May Redistribute Billions

• Testimony: Protect the Economy [...]

Business Forecasting Software


Business forecasting is a means of telling the future. No, nobody’s reading palms or examining crystal balls. The point of business forecasting is to use hard, solid data to predict the kind of business you should be – and could be – doing in the future.

Basically speaking, business forecasting just looks at the information you [...]

Tax Policy Center Blog: Get Rid of State Corporate Income Taxes


Professor Tracy Gordon at the University of Maryland argues on the center-left Tax Policy Center blog why we should “get rid of the state corporate income tax”:

In 1983, Ronald Reagan proposed eliminating the federal corporate income tax. Last week, Michael Boskin took up the charge. I have another idea: Get rid of the [...]

More Ways To Cook Your Food


SIMMERING, OR STEWING.–The cooking process known as simmering, or stewing, is a modification of boiling. By this method, food is cooked in water at a temperature below the boiling point, or anywhere from  to  degrees Fahrenheit. Water at the simmering point always moves gently–never rapidly as it does in boiling. Less heat and consequently less [...]

When Offered, People Take Tax Credits


The New York Times is reporting the Home Buyer Tax Credit a “success”, whereby success means that a lot of people have taken free money.  Broaden the definition to mean increasing the number of first first-time homebuyers and the program doesn’t seem so stellar:

Though the Treasury Department and the real estate industry have termed the [...]

Save Dollars on Prom Dress in a Down Economy


With spring just around the block, it’s time to get Prom dresses this year. The economic slowdown has affected almost every walks of life. Buying prom dresses is no exemption Despites this slowdown in economy, the consumer’s thirst for trendy, high end prom dresses hasn’t slowed down. The cost of the clothing doesn’t seem to [...]

Has the Economy Got You Down? No Vacation This Year? Take a Home Day Trip to Germany Instead


If the current troubles with the economy have cut into your vacation budget this year, or perhaps there won’t be a vacation at all, why not take a day trip to Germany instead? Gather some photos and information on the country.  Using the recipes below, serve a “German” soup and chocolate cheesecake.  Make it a fun, educational [...]