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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Late last night, the final draft of the $789 billion economic stimulus bill &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;went up on the web for public review&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;; it&amp;#8217;s supposed to go to President Obama on Monday. The thing is more than 1,000 pages long, and it should be no surprise that&amp;#8217;s there seems to be something in it for everyone. No matter whether you&amp;#8217;re young, old, working, jobless, poor, comfortable, renting, buying, you&amp;#8217;ll see some benefit too. Here are some of the highlights we&amp;#8217;ve seen so far.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you&amp;#8217;re employed: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you make less than $75,000 a year you get a $400 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;tax credit &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;for 2009 and 2010. That goes double for couples. It gets phased out with higher income levels.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you&amp;#8217;re unemployed: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Unemployment benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; are being extended and raised $25 per week. The first $2,400 will be exempt from federal taxes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;The government will &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;subsidize Cobra health coverage&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; for jobless people&amp;#8212;up to 65 percent of premiums for nine months if you were laid off after September 2008.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you&amp;#8217;re GM:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;One last-minute addition was a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;$3.2 billion tax break&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; that would help the ailing auto giant.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you oppose greenhouse gases:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Greenpeace says the bill will&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; by at least 1 percent.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;If you support greenhouse gases: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Buy a new car, light truck, RV or motorcycle in 2009 and you may be able to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;deduct taxes on the purchase. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have a house: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;There&amp;#8217;s $5 billion in there &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;to weatherize more than 1 million homes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; owned by &amp;#8220;modest-income&amp;#8221; families.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you don&amp;#8217;t have a house:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;First-time home buyers get a tax credit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; of up to 10% of the home&amp;#8217;s price, or $7,500 (could be $8,000).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you&amp;#8217;re poor:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;earned income tax credit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; will temporarily go up for low-income families with three or more kids.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;child-tax credit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; will be extended to families who earn as little as $3,000.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Food stamps benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; will increase 13 percent.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you&amp;#8217;re rich: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;The bill exempts 24 million taxpayers from the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Alternative Minimum Tax&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;. Okay, this is kind of a cheat on our part&amp;#8211;the provision is actually meant to keep the AMT, created to keep the very wealthy from escaping paying taxes, from hitting the middle and upper-middle class.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you&amp;#8217;re a student: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Pell Grants&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; will go up&amp;#8212;or at least the maximums will, to $5,350 in 2009 and $5,550 in 2010.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;You could get a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;$2,500 tuition tax credit.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you&amp;#8217;re retired: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;One-time &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;$250 payments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; will go to Social Security recipients, veterans receiving disability and pensions, and others.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you love Las Vegas:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;There&amp;#8217;s $8 billion for high-speed rail lines. Sen. Reid of Nevada says a proposed &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#224970&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas rail &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;could get a big chunk of the money.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;--Posted by Sara Clemence, RecessionWire.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Love on the Cheap&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Recession Briefing 2.13&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Screwed: 2,000 at Air France&lt;/font&gt;

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