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....
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080503/OPINION03/805030315/1110 ... If Iowans think the Democratic presidential candidates have...
Income to a company via FAS 106 would only arise if the company ended retiree or employee health in response to McCain doing away with the tax exemption on...
Hello, 31 years in and I'm part of the new layoff. I need some advice on retirement benefits. Has anyone ever gone in and gotten an actual statment from...
The SS site has spreadsheets where you can enter the expected year by year earnings so as to estimate. Since there are only 4 years of zeros for you (top 35...
There are significant inequities in the FHA account depending upon your age when it was initiated. Is this discussion group appropriate for Future Health...
http://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/cocc090303.htm ... Good riddance to Medicare Advantage disadvantage. President Barack Obama's bid to reduce the...