http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/washington/07medicare.html ... Insurance companies have used improper hard-sell tactics to persuade Medicare recipients to...
LOL - Gibson and Fox News are getting desperate in their attempt to kill discussions of single payer universal health! From: andylang@yahoogroups.com...
How would my parents recover a pension check that has gone past its expiration date. We live in Texas and they have no idea who to turn to. Can you give them...
Contact the institution that issued the now out of date check and ask to have it re-issued. It will not be a problem. From: andylang@yahoogroups.com...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80fa0a2c-49ef-11dc-9ffe-0000779fd2ac.html ... The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and...
http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/31/magazines/fortune/deficit_sloan.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007090408 ... There will be lots of celebrating in Washington...
The only real way to get the true deficit (true being cash basis only - they ignore liabilities for future spending already contracted for - there is no report...
Bill Clinton had a real honest to God surplus in only one year - and that was a calendar year (1/1/2000 to 12/31/2000 - and of course that was reflected in...
Medicare Costs and Retirement Security by Alicia H. Munnell IB#7-14 Introduction Most of the discussion of retirement security focuses on declining Social...
Ben Stein: Entitlements `Bankrupt' U.S. Today Ben Stein, the economist, commentator, and one-time Nixon speechwriter, also well known for film and TV roles,...
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... I spoke to the head of the program over at Boston College a few years ago when his book came out that claimed fairness between generations was not being...
Shlaes: Can we afford Social Security? Amity Shlaes, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Older Americans tend to think of Social Security as something we ought to be...
This is a bit of lies mixed with a few facts - it is incorrect as to its conclusion. The author knows the answer he wants - cut back Social Security - and is ...
THE STEIN PIECE IS SIMPLY STUPID _ A PHD IN ECON SHOULD KNOW BETTER - HECK A FRESSMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD KNOW BETTER - STEIN SAYS THAT THE ECONOMY WILL...
Hi fhawontcutit, Thanks for the heads up on this this excellent analysis on PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/ Someone called...
Thanks for your comments, Bill. While much of YouTube is pure hokum, this video does not "reference a bunch of mis-information (sic)," and is especially...
Sorry - The Canada Health Act which is the single payer universal health in Canada has no such restriction on getting private insurance. I had forgotten the...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20080430/bs_bw/apr2008db20080429854428 ... Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), the likely Republican Presidential nominee, stayed true to...
Unless this tax credit applies against the payroll tax, it does nothing for the lowest paid 25% of the workforce and very little for the next 25%. As usual...
Bill, The McCain proposal does cover the lowest income levels since it would provide a refundable credit. "(E)very family will also have the option of...
Thanks for the refundable credit info, but it still has problems re the bottom 25%. I work with the city as a volunteer to do the FIT taxes for those poor...
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... A point of clarification...a move to a national healthcare plan would also provide the opportunity for corporations to jettison their retiree health plans....