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A SOLUTION TO THE `MARRIAGE TAX'
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There is a bill in Congress whose intention, it is said, is to eliminate the "marriage tax penalty." This name is incorrect.
It should be titled the "two wage-earner tax penalty elimination act" or "the single taxpayer penalty increase act." Why?
Because under current law a married couple with the exact same total income as a single person does not pay a tax penalty.
They in fact pay less tax, because they get a second $2,700 personal exemption and an additional $2,850 standard deduction.
A married couple who does not itemize, pays tax on $5,550 less income for 1998 than a single person ...
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Hezekiah's boil. (biblical anecdote)
Magazine article from: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
; "|KING~ HEZEKIAH BECAME MORTALLY ILL" (2 Kings 20...not recover" (Isaiah 38:1). |So Hezekiah prayed,(1) and God responded...diagnostic possibilities presented by Hezekiah's illness. Nor is Josephus helpful...
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A reassessment of Hezekiah's reform in light of jar handles and iconographic evidence
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ...4 describes reform measures taken by Hezekiah of Judah: he removed the high places...article is to offer a reassessment of Hezekiah's reform, which takes into account...impressions.1 Some of the previous studies of Hezekiah's reform have explained it as a political...
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Theology, History, and Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Hebrew Studies Journal
; ...ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE CHRONICLER'S ACCOUNT OF HEZEKIAH. By Andrew G. Vaughn. SBLABS 4. Pp...specifically to the Chronicler's treatment of Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 29-32, pointing out...the Chronicler's detailed account of Hezekiah's economic buildup is consistent with...
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A Portrayal of Trust: The Theme of Faith in the Hezekiah Narratives
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ...of Trust: The Theme of Faith in the Hezekiah Narratives (Paternoster Biblical Monographs...criticism") of the narratives about Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18-20 and Isaiah 36-39...assessment concludes that the narratives about Hezekiah concentrate on "faith" or "trust...
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Theology, History, and Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ...Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah (Archaeology and Biblical Studies 4...historical data and the presentation of Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 29-32. Vaughn has...discuss his presuppositions in chap. 1: Hezekiah's accession is dated to 715/714 B...
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The Lord Has Saved Me: A Study of the Psalm of Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:9-20)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ...Has Saved Me: A Study of the Psalm of Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:9-20) (CBQMS 39; Washington...readable examination of the Psalm of Hezekiah. In the generous introduction, Barr...first major treatment of the Psalm of Hezekiah since Joachim Begrich's monograph...
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Hezekiah's Tunnel revisited
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post
; ...fresh as they were when carved by King Hezekiah's men 2,700 years ago. From Jerusalem, Hezekiah ruled his puny, scrubby kingdom of Judah...destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel, King Hezekiah, after much worry and prayer, accepted...
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Hezekiah Inscription to return to Israel; Celebrates Jerusalem's salvation from Assyrians.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...march on Jerusalem, where a defiant King Hezekiah ruled. Anticipating a prolonged siege, Hezekiah ordered the construction of a tunnel connecting...a Jewish boy discovered the so-called Hezekiah Inscription, also known as the Siloam Inscription...
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Geologist gets to the bottom of a biblical mystery "When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib intended to attack Jerusalem, he planned with his civil and military officers to stop up the water of the springs outside the city . . . `Why should the kings of Assyria come here and find much water?' they asked . . . Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David." -- 2 Chronicles 32: 2-4,30
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Thanks to King Hezekiah's rapid action and clever engineering...up and went home. Centuries later, Hezekiah's solution presented a perplexing...Today, 2,700 years later, the tunnel Hezekiah built to save the city still works...
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Blair Brothers joining Hezekiah Walker at Penn's Irvine Auditorium
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The
; ...talents. They will be in concert with Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Choir...they're opening for on October 11, Hezekiah Walker. While the Blair Brothers aren...opportunity to perform with the popular Hezekiah Walker, it's believed that their link...
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