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?...
... And I asked what deficit number are you looking for? -- the on-budget deficit, the off-budget deficit, cash, or accrual? The on-budget/off-budget...
... booklet ... The House Ways and Means Committee recently took action on moving HR 6134. http://waysandmeans.house.gov/legis.asp?formmode=read&id=5309 ...
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_4606616 ... Across the aisle, Bennett is confident Republicans will hang on to control of the Senate, just barely, and could see...
... debt ... job of ... never see ... William, I agree that the true measure of the deficit is the change in national debt. Using the site you pointed to,...
... No, I am not mixing apples and oranges. I specifically asked you what deficit are you referring to? The numbers I quoted were from the cbo.gov website,...
As I have told this group before, CLINTON DECREASED THE TOTAL NATIONAL DEBT IN CALENDAR YEAR 2000 - AND - IN ORDER TO AVOID THERE BEING A DECREASE IN THE...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/13/washington/13medicare.html ... The Bush administration said on Sunday that it would strenuously oppose one of the Democrats'...