Apparently the words of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke carry a little more weight with Wall Street these days than those of the Commander in Chief.

We know that the amount of tax on a pack of cigarettes continues to go up all of the time. Is the government spending enough of this money investing in programs that can help those that smoke quit for free?

With a popular new President, a clear shift in the US's political direction, and a public mood that's open to new ideas, many cigar aficionados are wondering whether the general atmosphere of change will extend to U.S.-Cuba relations.

The subject that will be discussed in this article is government grants, who gets what and why. This is a very complex subject, like everything our government does, because all the grants and benefits our authorities manage they have to think about everybody for the greater good.

President Obama signed the $410 billion federal budget this week, calling the bill "imperfect" for the billions in earmarks it included.

The Federal Government of the United States manages billions of dollars in what is called grants. The subject of what is a grant has been covered in this blog before under the title Government Grants 101.

The new talk in the blogosphere is the new housing rescue plan the administration of president Obama is proposing. Everybody knows by know that the main cause for this recession was the bubble that the housing market created.

As an individual, I can convince the Government to give me some money if I can convince them that the money is going to be productive in a certain field.

April 15th is the deadline for Americans who need to file a tax form, so as to avoid any late fees or penalties imposed by the IRS and state governments. But if you are entitled to a payment from the government because you had already put in more money than what you owed, the money is returned to you in a check.

There has been talk in recent weeks about the possibility of the U.S. government nationalizing some struggling banks, like Bank of America or Citigroup. While Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said that is not the government's plan, political pundits and economic analysts aren't so sure.