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Chained thinking on the federal deficit
Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Apples, Market and Exchange, Economic Indicator
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Elderly couple's sons pressuring them to get a reverse mortgage
Dear Liz: I try to watch out for my neighbors, a married couple in their early 90s. Two of their three sons, who are both in their 60s, want them to get a reverse mortgage. The couple's house is paid off as well as their cars. They pay all their monthly...Tags: Finance, Internal Revenue Service, Economy, Business and Finance, Mortgages, Condos
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President enjoys same perks as his predecessors
Once again we hear criticism about how President Obama and his family have free room and board and Air Force One transportation for him and his entourage and family, press, etc. And of course free vacations. If memory serves me right, former presidents...Tags: Cycling, U.S. Congress, Politics, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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Corbett's asset test finds little abuse in $2.6 billion food stamp program
It's the question Kathryn Hoffman hates to ask, especially of the elderly people who come into her office looking for help. Do you have a burial plot? How much is it worth? But that question is one of many Hoffman must ask as a food stamp outreach...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, U.S. Congress, Politics, Parties and Movements, Bill Clinton
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Cities struggle with rising cost of police, firefighter pensions
The attractive pensions that municipalities have traditionally offered to police officers and firefighters could become another victim of tight times at City Hall. Across Central Florida, cities are finding they can't keep up with rising pension costs,...Tags: Interior Policy, Local Government, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Labor Legislation
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Risky alternative investments not for the faint of heart
With interest rates near record lows, older savers are finding it harder to stomach bank CDs or Treasury bonds. But Belvidere, Ill., retiree Miles Fryar would be having fewer sleepless nights if he had parked his cash in those traditional investment...
Tags: Investment Service, Personal Finance, Arbitration, Social Security, Plant Openings
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COLUMN-Gambling with your retirement: PBS gets in on the action
ReutersBy Mark Miller CHICAGO, April 26 (Reuters) - PBS Frontline is shocked - shocked! - to find that investors hold retirement accounts that cost too much and eat into long-term returns, even though financial experts have been hammering away on these issues...Tags: Morningstar Incorporated, Employment Opportunities, Personal Finance, Frontline Limited, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Retire on your own terms
Most Americans are aware that they need to save for retirement. It is a topic that is easy to brush aside to a later date because although the subject is important, it may not seem urgent. But the longer you put off some basic retirement planning, the...Tags: Financial Planning, Retirement Planning Services, Career and Workplace, Social Security
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Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. Obama's budget proposal includes a...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Consumers, U.S. Congress, Politics, Philip Morris USA
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Obama budget would have big impact in Md.
Labor unions representing federal employees reacted angrily to the $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Wednesday by President Barack Obama, who proposed trimming $20 billion from federal retirement benefits — reopening a debate many Democrats felt had...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, White House
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The case against cutting Social Security and Medicare
The president and a few other prominent Democrats are openly suggesting that Social Security payments be reduced by applying a lower adjustment for inflation, and that Medicare be means-tested. This is even before Democrats have begun formal budget...Tags: Politics, Private Health Care, Consumer Confidence, Health Insurance Cost, Social Security
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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military's health care system. Despite dire warnings from three...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Politics, Washington, DC, Employees
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Apr 26, 2013
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