by Bruce Webb And by ‘framing’ I mean as in Film Noir gangster movies rather than Lakoffian terms. (Apropos of nothing, Prof. Lakoff gave me the worst grade I ever…

by Bruce Webb On Thursday I put up an extract from a SSA Office of the Actuary score of one of two of the Simpson-Bowles draft Social Security plans, that…

by Bruce Webb The above though not yet widely released is a from a public document produced by the Social Security Office of the Chief Actuary. It shows the final…

Seven steps to Social Security cuts by Bruce Webb was posted January 2010 this year at Angry Bear and has proven to be prophetic: ‘…is that the strategy to get…

by Bruce Webb A year and a half ago I put up a post here called The Fierce Urgency of ‘Nothing’ whose conclusion was: “Nothing”. The numerically proven plan for…

by Bruce Webb Okay readers and Bears, give me a hand here, because some of our standard narrative on ‘unsustainable’ US debt seems to be turned on its head. The…

by Bruce Webb Well I guess my reputation precedes me at least a little bit. Jed Graham of Investor’s Business Daily has devised a new fix for Social Security and…

…the CPI-E. Our own Bruce Webb also leaves a comment at Econospeak: The closing of the Medicare Part D donut hole via the ACA should have the effect of closing…

by Bruce Webb In the past I have travelled or lived in most parts of the U.S. and in visiting the local tavern, bar or lounge am offered some choices…

I-15 CORE project as reported by ksl.com notes lots of jobs and local spending. By Becky Bruce UTAH COUNTY — The recession may not feel like it’s really over yet,…