Recent Posts Tagged With 'quote'

• Quotes of the Month

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 08:39 in obama, quote, income tax

  “We need to simplify a monstrous tax code that is far too complicated for most Americans to understand, but just complicated enough for the insiders who know how to game the system.” – President Barack Obama’s comments in Washington on April ...

• More Quotes

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 13:01 in charity, obama, quote, income tax, tax deductions

  “In these hard economic times, we need to make sure tax and regulatory policy encourages growth in philanthropy,” said Steve Gunderson, chief executive of the Council on Foundations, quoted in a New York Times article, Limiting Deductions on Char...

• Quotable

  Posted on Saturday February 28th, 2009 at 14:04 in obama, quote, income tax

  “He’s being so generous at the lower-income level that making $200,000 is going to be like falling off a cliff.  Say what you want about the Bush tax cuts favoring the rich, but this is just becoming punitive.” - Dustin Stamper, an analyst at ...

• Quotable

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 16:53 in quote, elderly

  “Who is going to hire an 81-year-old man?” - Fred Dase, a recently laid off octogenarian, in a Wall Street Journal article, Elderly Emerge as a New Class of Workers – and the Jobless.  The reality is that many people, despite their age, are no...

• Quotable II

  Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 10:32 in quote, deutsche bank

  The current market environment is a “series of earthquakes with constantly changing epicenters.”  - Deutsche Bank Chairman Josef Ackermann in a recent Wall Street Journal article.  Comparing the economy to natural disasters does wonders for inv...

• Quotable

  Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 10:21 in quote, madoff

  “This is the best prospecting list ever. You’ve got the names and addresses of a whole bunch of rich people who don’t demand much accountability.”  - Ken Phillips, RCG Capital Advisors, quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, Madoff Clien...

• Quote of the Day

  Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 at 12:25 in Fraud, sec, quote

  “Our complaint alleges a stunning fraud that appears to be of epic proportions”- Andrew M. Calamari, SEC associate director of enforcement, referring to a “Giant Ponzi Scheme” purportedly run by Bernard L. Madoff, a former chairman of the Nas...