http://signbig.com Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:02:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Obama administration is changing the way it counts jobs created or saved by stimulus spending in a way that will make the programs look far more successful. Under the old rules, only jobs that were actually newly created or not lost because of stimulus money were counted. Now the administration ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/white-house-inflates-stimulus-job-creation-with-accounting-gimmicks/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. taxpayer profits from bank bailout investments are being offset by estimated losses from American International Group and automakers and mortgage payment cuts for struggling homeowners, a U.S. Treasury report showed on Monday. The Treasury estimated net losses on its $700 billion bailout program at $68.5 billion for ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/aig-autos-offset-treasury-bank-bailout-profits/ Restaurants, hair salons, a defunct dollar theater, even Little League baseball teams. These businesses are among nearly 1,200 in Allen County that owe the state of Indiana unpaid sales taxes totaling $6 million. The Indiana Department of Revenue is listing tax-delinquent businesses in an online database in compliance with a new ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/delinquent-sales-taxes-at-6-million-in-county/ INDIANAPOLIS — The state House of Representatives approved a measure Monday that all but guarantees Indiana voters will be able to decide in November if property tax caps should be added to the state's constitution. The House passed the resolution by a vote of 75-23, with 45 of 48 Republicans and ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/indiana-property-tax-caps-measure-clears-hurdle-in-house/ (CBS) Few would argue with the U.S. having a presence at the Copenhagen Climate Summit. But wait until you hear what we found about how many in Congress got all-expense paid trips to Denmark on your dime. CBS investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports that cameras spotted House Speaker ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/copenhagen-summit-turned-junket/ The Indiana General Assembly gauged its willingness to send a proposed constitutional amendment to voters in November during a series of votes Thursday. House Republican Leader Brian Bosma says the votes on various amendments to a proposed November referendum that would write permanent property tax caps into the ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/general-assembly-votes-on-tax-cap-amendments/ (CBS) President Obama wants the final negotiations on health care reform - a reconciliation of the House and Senate versions of the bill - put on a fast track, even if that means breaking an explicit campaign promise. "The House and Senate plan to put together the final health ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/obama-reneges-on-health-care-transparency/ Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Timothy Geithner, told American International Group Inc. to withhold details from the public about the bailed-out insurer’s payments to banks during the depths of the financial crisis, e-mails between the company and its regulator show. AIG ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/geithner%e2%80%99s-fed-told-aig-to-limit-swaps-disclosure-update2/ WASHINGTON -- Some married couples would pay thousands of dollars more for the same health insurance coverage as unmarried people living together, under the health insurance overhaul plan pending in Congress. The built-in "marriage penalty" in both House and Senate healthcare bills has received scant attention. But for scores of low-income ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/married-couples-pay-more-than-unmarried-under-health-bill/ In a state of the state speech, the governor said creating jobs was the top priority for his last year in office and proposed spending $500 million in worker training funded by part of the budget which is in surplus. He also laid out ambitious reforms for the final year of ... http://signbig.com/2010/01/schwarzenegger-wants-more-federal-money-for-california/