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Monthly Archive June, 2004

The Saver Credit

The ever-dependable Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has just posted a new study discussing a Congressional proposal to lift the income limit on Roth IRAs (currently higher income folks can’t take advantage of the Roth) while at the same time making the Saver Credit refundable. “Refundable” means you get your tax credit even [...]

Red Flags

Every Tuesday I walk through the protesters for peace on 16th and J. I support them, but was disturbed today to see someone waving a Soviet flag.
This means one of three things:
First, he is an attention monger. Congratulations for getting my attention.
Second, he is a subversive, implying that the peaceful protesters are Communists, [...]

Water should be metered.

If this bill makes it all the way through the process, and there is every reason to believe it will, Sacramento will have to meter its water, finally, by 2011, and start charging its customers based on consumption.
No doubt every Sacramentan who has ever chosen not to water the sidewalk (something that used to be [...]