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How you can cash in as the economy recovers

With the recession over, Teresa Hunter looks at planning for a brighter future

The New Normal

January 11, 2010 – While consumers are “back in the game” after mostly “sitting on the sidelines” since the fourth quarter of 2008, consumer spending will remain at “restrained levels” for the foreseeable future, according to James Russo, vice president of global consumer insights for The Nielsen Co.

Question: Why Are Libs Willing To Forfeit The Bush Tax Cuts?

You Realize That Means:
*Tax rates will rise substantially in each tax bracket, some by 450 basis points;
*Low-income taxpayers will see the 10-percent tax bracket disappear, and they will have to pay taxes at the 15-percent rate;
*Married taxpayers will see the marriage penalty return;
*Taxpayers with children will lose 50 percent of their child tax credits;
*Taxes on dividends will increase beginning on January 1, 2009;
*Taxes on capital gains will increase, also beginning on January 1, 2009; and
*Federal death taxes will come back to life in 2011, after fading down to nothing in 2010.
Have you libs answering even researched the Bush tax cuts, or are you just parroting your Professor, CNN and MTV? Bush’s tax cuts affected everyone. I should know, I’m middle class, and I benefited.

Answer: I don’t think they realize the aftermath of their dreamy ideas.

Junk Bonds Defy Krugman’s Bubble Warning as Loomis Sees Gains

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest bond investors are dismissing concerns that the high-yield market is a bubble poised to burst after the Federal Reserve’s zero interest-rate policy spurred returns of 57.5 percent last year.