…was from 2010. raising the cap to cover 90% of earnings would put the cap at about 150k, and their benefits would be increased. This might be salable to them……

…well, almost anyone. —– *Ooops. Romney did discuss cutting Social Security benefits in that speech last Friday, by raising the retirement cap. Seems I was almost as distracted by the…

…profit pie. Here is a different look at where the money hasn’t gone. The first graph shows Real GDP/capita and Real Disposable Income/Cap since 1950 on a log scale. (Data…

…these common sense tax reductions for ordinary Americans with a similarly common sense tax increase on the wealthiest Americans who have continued to capture all the productivity gains in the…

…if the Committee will pursue this, but this is problematic. Adding to the problem is the current GME Cap placed in effect in 1997, when several organizations were predicting an…

…$573,000,000 in GDP/capita.) Going to $1,000,000 in income also allows one to see what happens at the top when the rate no longer rises. A very important concept to understand…

…teacher positions while Suffolk County will need to cut more than 1,800. The study credits the governor’s proposed cap on property taxes and a reduction in school aid for the…

…a fiscal crisis, the Governor has proposed to cap growth of state spending on the Medicaid program. Miller has argued that we should follow his example and apply a similar…

…to insist that the easy solution is just to lift the cap. But as the table shows it matters a great deal how that is implemented, for example a fix…

…the cap is removed from how much can be paid out over a patient’s life time. In 2014, the yearly cap is removed. – In 2011, states will have greater…