This will be Obama's first visit to Shore since just after Sandy.
President Obama and Gov. Christie will visit the Jersey Shore on Tuesday, according to The Record in Bergen County. This will be Obama's first visit to the area since Oct. 31, just after the storm struck. A full itinerary of the visit was not available. More information can be found here.
Has the scary news about the impending federal sequester got you worried?
If it feels like we went through something like this just a month or so ago, you're right. That was when we were warned that the country was set to nosedive off the "Fiscal Cliff" back in December. As you'll recall, part of the Fiscal Cliff was a series of tax cuts dating from the Bush Administration era that were set to run out unless President Barack Obama and Congress came to terms before the expiration. You saw the results when the government took a bigger cut from your first paycheck in 2013. But now we're teetering on the verge of another federal precipice with the Sequestration. But what is it? What the Sequester Is Part of the resolution of the Fiscal Cliff was the American Taxpayer Relief Act. That extended some tax cuts and …
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4:06 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Obama came up with the idea of Sequestration now live with it. Why doesn't Obama and his wife try to conserve some of our money? Both of them try to come off like a regular brother or sister but meanwhile they like to live the high life at our expense. Trips to Aspen, Hawaii, MV and golf with Tiger Woods. Meanwhile, the majority of Westfielders put him in office. more ›
The financial deadline looms in Washington, with no deal yet made. Check this primer, and share your questions and thoughts.
With Christmas 2012 over, one reality check is the looming "fiscal cliff" deadline just a few days away. On December 31, tax cuts dating to the George W. Bush presidential term are scheduled to expire, and President Obama and congressional leaders have not reached a compromise. That means tax bills would increase for many middle- and upper-class taxpayers. And that means paycheck withholding for many workers would change, leaving them with less take-home pay in the new year. Apparently, though, there will be no immediate change in withholding tables, while the situation is unresolved. According to John Tuzynski, the IRS’ chief of employment tax policy, employers should continue to use 2012 withholding tables and personal exemption amounts …
The second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is scheduled for 9 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
After Joe Biden and Paul Ryan sparred throughout last week's Vice Presidential Debate, the nation's voters are looking forward to President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney's second debate: a town hall event focusing on foreign and domestic policy. The second presidential debate between Obama and Romney is set for 9 p.m EST on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Check below for more information on that debate and the remaining debates leading up to Election Day. AOL will provide a live stream of the debate. TV Channels Broadcasting Live: ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and more, including CNN Espanol. Live Streaming Online: YouTube's Election Hub, AOL. Where to Watch the Debate in [TOWN]: [INSERT LOCAL INFORMATION HERE] Full info on Tuesday …
If you have a question for the candidates, submit it in the comments section below and it could be asked during the televised Oct. 16 Town Hall Presidential Debate.
What would Westfielders most like to ask the candidates? If last Wednesday’s presidential debate left you with more questions than answers, here’s your chance for the presidential candidates to address the issues that most matter to you. The next presidential debate will be a town hall meeting format at Hofstra University in Long Island, where voters will ask President Obama and Mitt Romney about domestic and foreign policy. Patch is asking you, our readers, to participate by submitting questions for the candidates. All you have to do is post your question in the comments section below and we’ll send it to the Commission on Presidential Debates. The Commission is partnering with Patch's parent company Aol, along with Google and Yahoo, to …
11:09 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
Question to the Presidential Candidates: what is your vision of a peaceful existence on this one and only planet supporting human life and what is your plan to ensure and promote the wisest use of limited global resources - given demand on those traditional, dying resources? more ›
In a complicated decision, the justices upheld most of the health care reform legislation popularly known as Obamacare.
Do you agree with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday upholding most of President Obama's signature health care reform legislation? By a 5-4 vote, the justices upheld most of the act, although the opinion is a complicated one. The court upheld the requirement that every American purchase health insurance or else pay a penalty, as a tax decision and upheld it on those grounds, in an opinion written by Chief Justice Roberts. "Our precedent demonstrates that Congress has the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000 under the taxing power, and that Section 5000 need not be read to do more than impose a tax," Roberts wrote in one of the key sentences from the opinion. Click here to read the full text of the opinion. Vote in our poll …
9:16 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
WHO ARE YOU CALLING A JERK YOU REPUBLICAN FOOL. IF ROMNEY WINS, HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE UNLESS YOU MAKE A MILLION PLUS!! HE IS GOING TO GIVE A 12% TAX BREAK TO ALL. SOMEONE MAKES 3 MILLION, THEY GET A 12% BREAK. SOMEONE MAKING 75,000 ALSO GETS A 12% BREAK. DO THE MATH IDIOT. WHO WINS IN THE LONG RUN; THE RICH!! ROMNEY IS ONLY LOOKING OUT FOR HIS OWN. AS FOR OBAMACARE, IF YOUR MOTHER, … more ›
The bipartisan super-committee announced today that they could not reach an agreement on how to cut 1.2 trillion dollars in government spending. What do you think?
After months of debate, the twelve members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the United States congressional “super-committee” has failed to reach a deal to cut 1.2 trillion dollars in spending. This means that automatic spending cuts will begin in 2013. A statement from the super-committee led by Representative Jeb Hensarling (R) of Texas and Senator Patty Murray (D) of Washington released this statement to the press announcing the failure to produce a bipartisan result: Despite our inability to bridge the committee's significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation's fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. We remain …
Declaration will allow federal government to distribute disaster relief funds.
President Barack Obama declared New Jersey a major disaster area Wednesday afternoon, and the White House announced that the president will travel to north Jersey on Sunday to get a firsthand look at the flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. The declaration will allow the federal government to award FEMA assistance to local residents, and state and municipal governments, according to officials with the office of U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-08). The president will make an appearance in Paterson, according to Pascrell, who is a former mayor of Paterson, one of the city's hardest-hit by flooding. At present, no details are available as to when the president will arive or where he will go. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and …
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7:25 am on Monday, September 5, 2011
tb2k, anyone still using Obama's empty "hope and change" slogan at this point deserves no better response. At least Hurricane Irene came and left. This president is a four year-long disaster. Personally, I wouldn't care about Obama's vacations with "millionaires and billionaires and corporate jet owners, etc." if he hadn't just given a nationally televised speech criticizing such citizens for not… more ›
Nose Wayne
6:26 am on Saturday, May 25, 2013
Yup, boardwalk looks nice but drive a couple miles south and see all the wood laying around that used to be peoples houses ? When is that getting fixed ? more ›