Posts Tagged ‘government’

A Legacy Concluded

[Source: arockalypse on Reddit / Flickr]

The End of an Error

Sent to me by a friend, and definitely made me chuckle.

Government to Recoup 90% of Bailout Money

With all the ruckus about the absurd bonuses that employees and executives of recieved, a bill was passed to raise the tax rate of executives that have been paid with bailout money to…90%, ouch! Read more about it here. In the face of public outrage at the fact that AIG paid $165 million in bonuses [...]

Obama Promises Spending, Budget Increase in Science

Good news for us unemployed engineering majors, like me. Obama has put plans into motion to move major funding into science and research. Hopefully, some of the change he promised will start to show. Click here for the link Funding for the National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, NASA, and the Environmental Protection Agency [...]

Uncle Sam cries “Feed Me!”

Just finished filing my taxes with the free version of TurboTax. This was after a gentle prodding by my dad, and seeing the ad on the TV (which by the way, was impeccible timing). However, in all seriousness, it took me less than half an hour to file my taxes, which included signing up for [...]