Posts Tagged ‘grants’

Utah giving out $6,000 grant for new home buyers

Posted by Mark on March 13th, 2009 under Economics Tags: , , ,  •  3 Comments

The Utah legislature passed a bill yesterday that creates a grant program for people buying a new home. The grant carries a weight of $6,000 and is available on a first come, first server basis to 1,600 people. They are trying to get people to buy up existing inventory of newly built homes [...]

Government handouts are not revenue

Posted by Mark on February 18th, 2009 under Economics, Government Spending Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  15 Comments

A couple nights ago, my wife and I planned out a preliminary budget for our life post-graduation.  I graduate in two months (wait, did I write that correctly?  I graduate in two months.  Yeah, say it again.  I gradu-, okay.) and we are looking to buy a home.  Starting with the expenses side of our [...]