http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001508.html ... The Bush administration has begun sounding out lawmakers and other key...
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060730-114623-8962r_page2.htm ... Q: Where does Social Security reform stand? A: I just met with Congressman [Frank R....
... Why after election. Sounds like very useful election propaganda.... But then... it is the 2008 election that is the most useful, huh? If that is the...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4127875.html If government slashes benefits, wealthy will take a big hit in their standard of living By SCOTT...
Hmmm... I run the numbers and I don't think SS is going to be helpful to them. It's too small. My retirement plans never intended to maintain "status quo" for...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_go_ot/medicare_ads_1 ... The pharmaceutical industry quietly footed the bill for at least part of a recent...
Or like the best intentions... Seems like he had a plan to write a book: "...about the fixed income and annuity scandals involving pensions in the 80s and some...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060909/pl_nm/bush_socialsecurity_dc ... President George W. Bush hopes to revive his plan to overhaul the U.S. Social Security...
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008919 ... ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi? "That's not going to happen," snaps the...
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2006/09/paul_krugman_he.html ... Let me tell you about two government-financed health care programs. One, the...
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-06-1077R ... The long-term outlook has not changed significantly since the last simulations. Although this...
http://www.himss.org/ASP/ContentRedirector.asp?ContentID=66028 ... Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), chair of the Senate Budget Committee, plans to introduce the...
http://postwritersgroup.com/archives/cocc0919.htm ... There's something about the American public that makes President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney...
http://tinyurl.com/mwk4y ... But suddenly a type of private insurance plan is gaining ground that looks very similar to the basic coverage long available to...
... As I see it, one of the problems is Medicare fraud. To fix the fraud issue would be very expensive. If the government thinks the private industry is...
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/invest-corp/2006/oct/04/100408486.html ... Unless Social Security and Medicare are revamped, the massive burden from...
Why the con job now? In the exact same speech given a few weeks ago, he said that the immediate problem was health costs - not Social Security. But now - at...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/12/robber.retirement.ap/index.html ... A man who couldn't find steady work came up with a plan to make it through the next few...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061028/ap_on_go_ot/america_the_bankrupt ... From the hustings and the airwaves this campaign season, America's political class can...
A bit of truth from head of the <http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Government+Accountability+Offic e> Government Accountability Office. Good to see....
... <http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Government+Accountability+Offic ... was his ... current ... But nowhere did he mention the cost of the Iraq...
... <http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Government+Accountability+Offic ... William, What does Cheney think about the country's current financial...
In andylang@yahoogroup <mailto:andylang%40yahoogroups.com> s.com, ... On-budget or off-budget? Cash or accrual? How I wish for a repeat of the year -Jan 1,...
... William, All we are going to get for the next two years are health savings accounts and high deductible policies. (As an actuary, I'm sure you know this.) ...
... based ... the cash ... How about his way of "accounting" for the Iraq fiasco? (Article from April, 2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3603923.stm ...
The statement was made that, "the deficit has exploded on Bush's watch." My very simple question was, do you even know what the national deficit is right now?...
The Corporations are pushing HSA very hard - the John Hancock Ins Co (Manulife Ins of Canada) is charging $100 less per year as a payroll deduction for the...
The statement was made that, "the deficit has exploded on Bush's watch." My very simple question was, do you even know what the national deficit is right now?...