Tuesday, January 15, 2013
You may have been spared from paying more in income taxes, but there still could have been a hit to your paycheck after the Fiscal Cliff Tax Deal was reached earlier this month. Here's all you need to know...
If you take a close look at your first 2013 paystub you will probably notice that Uncle Sam took a bigger chunk of your pay for Social Security. Taxpayers got a temporary holiday from paying the full 6.2 percent beginning in 2011, but that is over thanks to the fiscal cliff tax deal reached earlier this month. That legislation stopped the income tax hikes for most Americans, but the Social Security payroll tax holiday was allowed to expire. AOL explains it like this: Social security is financed by a 12.4 percent tax on wages, with employers paying half and workers paying the other half. During the temporary holiday, the employee contribution was reduced to 4.2 percent in 2011 and 2012, saving a typical family about $1,000 a year. To see …
Monday, September 10, 2012
Topics include the Bug Line, Alzheimer’s, Social Security and Medicare
The Pauline Haass Public Library is hosting four events within the next month that will useful for Sussex residents on several fronts. "Our mission is to promote literacy, but we also want to connect people to information, ideas and one another," said Becky Murray, the assistant director at the library. "We want to do that not only through the materials in our library, but also by bringing in interesting speakers to talk about topics that are effecting people in our community," added Murray. The first event, "Nourish Your Noggin," will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11. Judy Gunkel from the Alzheimer’s Association will give a talk about brain health. Attendees are asked to register by calling the library. Attendees will …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
From frightening phone calls to an angry elder, these are the most interesting police reports from Sussex.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
And while details are still coming out, one of the provisions is that the Republicans and the Democrats have to continue to work together.
President Barack Obama announced in a press conference Sunday night that a deal over the debt ceiling has been brokered. The agreement calls for increasing the debt ceiling and cutting spending in domestic and defense spending. If the deal is passed, increasing the debt ceiling will remove the "uncertainty to support the American economy." The deal included increasing the debt ceiling to $2.1 trillion and shrinking by $1 trillion. Of that amount, $350 billion will come from defense spending, according to a document provided to the White House to reporters. According to a story by the Huffington Post, Debt Ceiling Deal Reached To Avert Default (LATEST UPDATES), program cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and “low-income” programs will be …
CowDung
12:33 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Considering that I drive a 2000 Saturn and don't consider myself to be an 'over-privileged white dude', I'm not sure that I can tell you what they drive... more ›