Friday, May 12, 2006

Student Loan - Dear top tax bracket,


Dear top tax bracket,
The other day I was reading the newspaper while I enjoyed my Top Ramen noodles, and I saw that you are retaining an average of $500,000 a year because of President Bushs investment tax cuts.

SimpleTuition Raises $4.4 Million in Financing
BOSTON----April 14, 2006--SimpleTuition, a new company that will simplify the college financial aid process, today announced the completion of a $4.4 million Series A financing led by Atlas Venture and IDG Ventures Boston.

The case against Mike Ferguson
Linda Stender, the Democratic candidate for Congress in District 7, is fortunate in at least one respect: the case against her opponent Congressman Mike Ferguson, R-7th, is one that is easy to make. If politics were a trial, Ferguson would need to hire the best defense attorney in America to defend his record in Congress and would likely still lose.

Friday
Over the length of his term as chancellor of the University of Maine System, Joseph Westphal has earned a salary of more than $800,000, plus benefits. Now he is retiring.

Estate tax friends, foes gird for fight
WASHINGTON -- Stephanie Letzler is a typical high-school junior shopping for colleges this spring, but she's hardly typical when it comes to college costs: She knows she'll graduate "without owing a dime," thanks to family money she'll inherit someday.

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