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Soc Sec XI: Seven good questions by Reader Arne

…related to Social Security is fair game. But first over to Arne. Here are some questions I think are interesting, but I would prefer to see Bruce post them with…

BW on Soc Sec II: The Shape of Low Cost

…talk about the implications of this? Well I just copied this over from the Bruce Web in response to a comment from Jim A on the previous post. Some explanation…

Where DID the money go? Part 2

…find a way to value its U.S. subprime bonds and other assets. CDOs aren’t bought and sold on exchanges and their trading has little transparency…. Bruce Bent, who in 1970…

Health Care Spending

Bruce Webb or others that have looked at this issue, can you help me. update: The other interesting point is that the creation of Medicare in the 1960s did not…

Some plain vanilla snark

Bruce Bartlet of The NYC gives us this perspective on rescue plans. The history of anti-recession efforts is that they are almost always initiated too late to do any good….

It Can’t Happen Here.

J Edgar Hoover, former FBI Director Sinclair Lewis wrote a book with the ironic title It Can’t Happen Here. (hat tip to Bruce Webb from comments here). There is a…

Sewerage in the Shenendoah and Chesapeake Bay

…a clarion call of “iiiiiiick”? If you’re looking to replace your septic system, Bruce Johnson Construction is the best company to hire. Discover More Here about the services they offer….

Has Jacob Marley been visiting?

…to him too? Which leads me to Bruce Webb’s comment (comments I agree with) in Stormy’s post: Any changes that don’t ultimately cut costs or boost productivity are in that…