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Connecticut the state with the highest income in the country recently received the highest tax hike in state history. The bill was signed into effect and raised taxes by $2.6 billion dollars. Not everyone was in support of this increase in taxes claiming that it isn’t fair to make residents pay for government spending. However those in support of the recent tax legislature see it as a solution to balancing the state’s deficit without using budgeting gimmicks and spotty financing methods to do so.

The stipulations of the Connecticut tax hike raises taxes on those with an income of 50,000 or more. It also raises the tax on luxury goods to 7% such as boats over $100,000 or clothing purchases of $1000 or more. Before the legislature was passed, the state already collected close to $5000 from each resident in taxes alone. In fact the state’s residents have the highest tax burden after New York and New Jersey.

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Tags: Ny Raises, Taxes

You have the power to make things possible even if you do not have that much money in your bank account. Some businessmen and women are visionaries because they have foresight and they know where to invest their money in and they were able to push through.

You need to think ahead and look to the future. Investing is basically putting money on something, expecting to receive monetary gains upon a very thorough analysis of the venture. Investing is a calculated risk, as opposed to gambling, where you have no control of the outcome.

Not having enough money is not a reason for you to stop investing. What you can do is that you can take out an investment loan from a bank or some lending institution to finance an investment plan.

Such a loan will help you realize your dreams of investing money on, let’s say, a property that can bring in income for you.

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At our son’s graduation some 25 years ago, each graduating class was asked to stand to be recognized as their degree was announced. When the school of Social Sciences was recognized, more that half the graduates stood up. I told my wife, “Most of these graduates are going to be looking for jobs on the public payroll and this is not going to work.” It has become increasingly obvious with the deteriorating financial condition of all our states that it has not worked. Now these Social Science graduates, many of whom have became public sector employees, with the collusion of the public employee unions and “collective bargaining” which is not “collective,” have put the states and those who are taxed to support them into fiscal insolvency.

With the faltering economy many of these disciplines are no longer viable and cannot be supported by those states or a beneficent private industry burdened with an antagonistic government.

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Just as there are buyers markets and sellers markets in real estate, so there are savers markets and spenders markets in banking. Its by design, although the Federal Reserve may prefer to look at low interest rates as spurring investment rather than spending, but the truth of the matter is that low interest rates typical spur more debt than more investing.

Alas, such is the state of savings rates today pitiful!

But just because rates are low, doesnt mean there arent better choices than the 0.01% local banks seem to give. Heres a list of the highest yielding savings accounts as of August, 2011 (in order of rate, highest to lowest):

• Everbank offers high-yield money market account with an APY of 1.01%. The minimum deposit is $1,500 and theres an $8.95 per month fee whenever your balance is less than $5,000 and a $10 transaction fee for every transaction over the monthly limit.

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The real estate market in Portland Oregon continues to struggle. The state has not been immune to the difficulties in the real estate market that have afflicted the rest of the nation. The end of the housing incentive offered by the federal government has resulted in a decline in new purchases and a decrease in home values.

Oregon’s Real Estate market in a downward spiral

The real estate market in Oregon has not shown any significant signs of improvement in 2011. In fact plummeting prices in houses have deflated the market and created difficulty in an already struggling sector. Foreclosures have continued to increase at record rates as homeowners steadily default on their home mortgages. The real estate market is similar to that of many other states which experienced a housing boom and a subsequent dramatic decrease.

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Tags: Estate Market, Real Estate, Real Estate Market, Struggle