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Social Security & Medicare Notes: August 2005
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Friday, August 05, 2005. It's fiscal wigout time! Offers a really silly proposal for how the federal government should be financed. It is quite breathtaking in its lack of connection to any form of reality. Go read Kevin Drum. For a brief and devastating analysis of the article. Posted by Richard @ 2:43 PM. Wednesday, August 03, 2005. Offers thoughts by Steve Teles on private retirement accounts. Posted by Richard @ 8:08 AM. On-Line Magazine is about the current debate...
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Social Security & Medicare Notes: June 2005
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Wednesday, June 29, 2005. National Restaurant Association comes out for Social Security Phase Out. Dave Johnson Seeing the Forest. Reports on the lobbying groups coming out for. No payroll tax increases; solvency for the program to provide a government safety net for all retirees; and, an opportunity for workers to invest a portion of their payroll taxes in voluntary individually-owned and directed personal retirement accounts that can be used to enhance benefits.".
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Social Security & Medicare Notes: September 2005
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Thursday, September 22, 2005. Santorum splits with White House on Social Security. Rick Santorum has attacked the Bush strategy for Social Security reform. It's hard to see that as anything except a major split in Republican ranks between Santorum in the Senate and the White House. That split probably says Social Security privatization cannot be passed. Posted by Richard @ 11:47 AM. Thursday, September 15, 2005. With all the other things the Republicans have to answer ...
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Social Security & Medicare Notes: February 2006
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Tuesday, February 28, 2006. Medical Malpractice crisis has ended. Reports on a study that shows that in 2005 medical malpractice premiums increases only 2% in the first six months and increased not at all. In the second half of 2005. The study he references. Also explains that in the last three decades, medical malpractice premiums have increased sharply along with all other property insurance premiums. Why am I not surprised? Posted by Richard @ 9:57 AM. The projectio...
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Social Security & Medicare Notes: July 2005
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Friday, July 29, 2005. Costs of private accounts. Bush's Massive New Spending Plan Dwarfs Military. A new study by Jim Horney and Richard Kogan at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Over those 39 years, these interest payments would total $6.5 trillion, again adjusted for inflation. In the decade starting in 2031, the U.S. would spend more servicing debt from the Bush Social Security plan than on the U.S. Army, Navy or Air Force. Source is Meteor Blades.
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Social Security & Medicare Notes: May 2005
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Friday, May 27, 2005. Matt Yglesias on the political danger to Social Security. At Tapped writes about how Democrats need to learn how to lose votes in Congress, and he especially focuses on Social Security. His key point is that the Republicans won the elections fairly in 2002 and 2004. As a result they now dominate Congress and the White House. If they want to pass something (like Social Security reform) they can do it. Armando at Daily Kos. Wednesday, May 25, 2005.
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Social Security & Medicare Notes: November 2005
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Thursday, November 10, 2005. Is single-payer national health insurance economically reasonable? That is the question Kevin Drum. The answer is "it depends." On what? Simple. What are your goals? If your primary goal is economic efficiency, regardless of the damage to social networks then the comment Kevin Drum is responding to is correct. But that is a very inhumane view of society. Taxing the mass of working society to insure that those who need the medical goods and ...
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Social Security & Medicare Notes: January 2006
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Friday, January 13, 2006. Chile's privatized system not a model for U.S. This is clearly not the model the American people want for funding their retirement. Of course, the banks and insurance companies don't agree with that judgment. They would receive those commissions, fees and administrative costs. Posted by Richard @ 11:19 AM. Thursday, January 12, 2006. Chile's privatized retirement system has failed. This is from the NY Times. January 10, 2006. Ms Bachelet, the ...
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Social Security & Medicare Notes: October 2005
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Social Security and Medicare Notes. Wednesday, October 19, 2005. Points out the strange fact that when Bush's privatization of of Social Security had been shown unacceptable, the administration dropped the whole subject. Does that mean there is not actually a crisis, or that the crisis was manufactured simply to destroy Social Security? Posted by Richard @ 6:48 PM. Monday, October 17, 2005. First the bad news. The other bad news is that the cost of part B of Medicare will also increase in January 2006.