http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/transcript29.html ... I know some Americans have reservations about investing in the stock market, so I propose that one...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/opinion/02krugman.html ... Sure enough, a close look at President Bush's proposal for "progressive price indexing" of Social...
But they are worthless - those pieces of paper - government bonds - that the Social Security System has invested in are worthless. The GOP told me that and...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4504589.stm Italian media have published classified sections of an official US military inquiry into the accidental...
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006& sid=aGh_OPpEs3_4&refer=home ... Buffett and Munger also told shareholders they oppose U.S. President George...
http://www.tcf.org/Publications/RetirementSecurity/ballplan.pdf ... It is not true that hard choices have to be made and painful measures taken to restore...
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0502-23.htm ... The president just ended a 60-day whirlwind tour to try to sell his Social Security plan. But almost...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/opinion/03tue1.html ... Mr. Bush endorsed a proposal that would take a huge bite out of the Social Security retirement...
Recently the Democrats announced a plan to allow people to buy into Medicare at age 55. By bringing younger, and hopefully healthier, people into the Medicare...
In all fairness to the discussion, keep in mind that these 16, 25, and 29 per cent "cuts" are percentage point reductions from a 45-50% increase in real (above...
I'm not Mr. Chirolas, but can still offer an opinion. "Allowing" would bring about "adverse selection," where the only folks buying are the ones who need it....
... are ... worse. ... But the "ones who need it" *may* include healthier-type folks who have no insurance right now -- including those that have been laid off...
... have ... and ... include ... And I'm not sure about the proposal that the Democrats are really offering, but the article I read said that people ages 55...
The current situation for a person without medical insurance from employment is a very high cost individual policy, if they can find a company that will insure...
Medicare Part A is free - so Medicare's overall cost to the government picture is not affected as a decrease by bringing in new claims at a cost equal to the...
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0505/050605cdam1.htm ... "The administration's plan for universal [individual accounts] is not feasible and it should not...
Excerpts: *** But a growing body of research shows that millions of Americans fail to get even the most elementary investment decisions right. *** More...
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=644159 ... The investigating bodies believed that up to $100m (£55m) of tax was saved through one...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2005/06/15/AR2005061502300.html ... With the Senate Finance Committee at an impasse on Social Security...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/30/opinion/30blumenthal.html ... Johnson would almost certainly feel today that the results were well worth the effort. Medicare...
Where ever actuaries gather you must be there. When ever proponents of bad pension plans snicker at the ease with which they line there pockets, you must be...
October 14, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist Questions of Character By PAUL KRUGMAN George W. Bush, I once wrote, "values loyalty above expertise" and may have "a...
http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/08/retirement/socialsecurity_grassley/ ... Social Security system reforms may have to wait until 2009, the Republican Senator...
November 28, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist Age of Anxiety By PAUL KRUGMAN Many eulogies were published following the recent death of Peter Drucker, the great management...
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&pubid=1186 ... The January 10 New York Times reported that all of the candidates in Chile's presidential contest agree:...
Right about what? Andy never said that if you put a large pile of money in one place, it makes it easier for thieves to steal it all. I said it. From the...