http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_99/news/12620-1.html ... In a little-noticed vote last Thursday, the Senate went on record, apparently for the first time,...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/washington/04benefit.html ... President Bush and the Senate are at an impasse over the appointment of trustees for Social...
JAMA: National Healthcare is the way to go Just in case anyone is still dragging their feet on getting single-payer healthcare in America, from Kevin Drum at...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060502/ap_on_he_me/sick_america http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/health/3834801.html The study in Wednesday's Journal of the...
They're not blaming the differences of health on the differences in healthcare coverage. As a matter of fact, the experts are kind of baffled as to why...
Richer Americans are in a system, like all Americans, that says no health care unless you pay - so the save money/be cheap incentive is still in effect for the...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/opinion/08mon2.html ... Buried in the newly released 2006 annual report on Social Security, there is good news on the...
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1823349.php ... So what we got was a drug program set up to serve the administration's friends and its political agenda,...
http://postwritersgroup.com/archives/cocc0627.html ... Plans to resuscitate President Bush's stone-cold proposal to turn Social Security from a guaranteed...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060708/ap_on_go_co/democrats_social_security ... The Republican plan to privatize Social Security could cause huge debt for...
... And Bush is touting the FOURTH LARGEST DEFICIT IN HISTORY. Yessiree. Things are really looking up, aren't they? William, it looks like they are going to...
Remember Bush/Cheney asserting that Iraq war would pay for itself after a max initial cost of 30 billion - we'd be reimbursed from the larger flow of oil and...
... While I cannot cite a source because I heard those same words on TV I definitely remember hearing it a number of times. Whether it was from Bush's lips,...
... fhawontcutit, Thanks for the link. PS I don't know what happened to your post? I got it via email, but can't find it on the board. Must be another Yahoo...
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13530778/site/newsweek/ ... Pension plans also earn more on their investments than a typical 401(k) due to better management and lower...
True - the most effective way to provide for a nations need for the old to have retirement protection is the defined benefit plan. So defined contributions are...
So let me ask this. If they are so good, why are they being jettsoned by corporations? Maybe the answer is that they are not. Maybe the answer is that ...
If this hybrid DB plan were not 'attached' to the corporation who would have their hands on the tiller? Would it be the government? Then it would be all...
And if he DB Hybrid were in the hands of a union, it would get abused in some other fashion, as history has shown. So, who could control such a pile of money...
There is no reason, post ERISA, to make comments like "If DB Hybrid were in the hands of a union, it would get abused in some other fashion, as history has...
Most, indeed the vast majority, of over 1000 employee Corporations are not dropping defined benefit plans despite intense pressure from the Bush administration...
You are absolutely correct. Some amount of dollars must be contributed to each employee based on a formula that when coupled with social security ensures a...
So far, all you've said is don't change anything. That won't wash since things are being changed without your approval. Considering that corps and govts are...
I am sorry, but did you intend to make me laugh with your comment that "So far, all you've said is don't change anything. That won't wash since things are...
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