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What a mistake. Sudden leaps in profits led to large tax liabilities, and Uncle Sam reared his ugly head. "We hadn't planned ahead for our tax bill," says Julie Stewart. As the pair scrambled to find ways to pay the IRS nearly $20,000, they were forced to put all nonessential expenditures on hold and rely on their personal credit cards to help pay company expenses. More>>

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And you have to give Bush credit. Despite record-low approval ratings, he's unabashedly playing — and winning — the PR game on the war. By incrementally adding to his funding request, he made his ongoing plundering of our treasury to pursue his disastrous Iraq policy seem relatively modest. The headlines all focused on the $46 billion he's just added to the tab — not the $196 billion he's really after. More>>