Financial

Could Taxes Possibly Be Any More Complicated?

February 15, 2009

In case you’re wondering about the low post rate lately, we’ve all been varying degrees of sick and drowning in work, and I’ve been plowing through this endless sea of tax crap. On top of having medical expenses out of our ears, I’m also self-employed and have various income (albeit, not much) and expenses from [...]

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How Much is a Bed Worth?

February 9, 2009

One of the bazillion transitions we have to think about on the road to Baby #2 is what to do about the fact that the J-Man is still sleeping in the crib we planned to use for the new baby. The original idea was to convert his crib into a toddler bed (we have the [...]

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Update – Stimulus Package, Special Education, and a Lot of Confusion

February 8, 2009

OK. I’m thoroughly confused. I can’t find a straight answer on exactly what the latest ‘compromise’ is, but from what I’ve been reading, it sounds like special education funding was salvaged to something back to its original funding levels. This is in spite of the overall pool of money going to states toward overall stabilization [...]

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URGENT ACTION ALERT! Special Education and Disabilities Funding on the Chopping Block (Updated)

February 6, 2009

[Update 2/7/09 - If you came to this post directly from Google or somewhere else, go read the latest update.] I’m dumbstruck by this, but I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. A group of Senators from both parties has been working to reduce the size of the Stimulus Package by $100 billion dollars. Not surprisingly, [...]

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Musings from the Weekend

February 2, 2009

With everybody in the house feeling not so great with a combination of being sick, tired, and/or pregnant, I can’t muster up enough brainpower to write something more thought-out and coherent, so here are my random musings from this weekend – at least still on topic. I think I’ve discovered a new symbol for autism, [...]

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Stimulus Bill Passes House! Time to Focus on Senate

January 28, 2009

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – otherwise known as the Stimulus Package – by a vote of 244-188. Unless I completely missed something, all the disabilities-related provisions survived and were passed along with everything else. Yay! Among other funding provisions in the legislation, [...]

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Action Alert x 2! The Stimulus Package and Funding for Disabilities Services

January 27, 2009

[Update - House passes it 244-188! Now go write your Senators!] OK, people. If you haven’t contacted your Representative in Congress, it’s time to move! The U.S. House of Representatives will debate HR 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – otherwise known as the Stimulus Package – TOMORROW (Wednesday, January 28th in [...]

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Action Alert! Stimulus Package and Disabilities Funding

January 20, 2009

[Update 1/27/09 - It's crunch time! Go read this update!] While I was feeling a little wait-and-see earlier today about what we’d be able to accomplish legislatively for autism, special education, and disabilities in general in this economic climate, I just discovered there’s plenty of hope to go around! But we must act now! The [...]

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