BP sued yesterday to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Millionaires would get a sizable tax cut if Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal were to become law. Those with incomes exceeding $1 million would enjoy an average tax cut of more than $200,000, according to Citizens for Tax Justice, a left-leaning group. And it could be even bigger if Congress doesn’t try to limit tax deductions, credits and preferences to offset the costs of the proposed tax cuts.
Under the Ryan budget, released Tuesday, income would be taxed at only two rates, 10% and 25%. Currently, there are seven brackets ranging from 10% to 39.6%. The House Budget Committee chair doesn’t provide a lot of other details about his tax reform plan, which also calls for eliminating the alternative minimum tax and the Obamacare tax hikes on the wealthy.
In last year’s budget, Ryan proposed getting rid of tax loopholes and preferences, while maintaining tax breaks for savings and investments, such as the lower rate on capital gains. The rich benefit the most from the preferential rate on capital gains. But Ryan doesn’t go into that much detail in this year’s plan.
“Let’s keep moving forward on an all-of-the-above energy strategy. A strategy where we produce more oil and gas here at home, but also more biofuels and fuel-efficient vehicles; more solar power and wind power. A strategy where we put more people to work building cars, homes and businesses that waste less energy. We can do this. We’re Americans. When we commit ourselves to something, there’s no telling how far we’ll go.” —President Obama in his Weekly Address. Watch: http://wh.gov/sqUN
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Talking to yourself is the preserve of mad men, right? Not according to a new study, which reveals that the seemingly irrational act of chatting to oneself actually improves cognitive function.
The research, carried out by Gary Lupyanand Daniel Swingley, was inspired the pair’s experiences of seeing people audibly muttering to themselves when trying to find items on supermarket shelves. To test whether speaking to oneself was actually beneficial, Lupyan and Swingley devised a set of experiments. So, next time you lose your phone around the house, you know exactly what to do. Act nuts.
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