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Dueling proposals

…attractive with these kinds of numbers??? I do wonder why so many appear so concerned about responsibility but are simply arguing to increase or maintain their share of the pie….

Knowledge based funding approach

…accept the responsibility to make things happen. Then, not being miracle workers; they have to take MUCH longer, get MUCH LESS performance and spend far MORE money than had they…

Shadow system ethics

…of contractor employees in order to— (i) “Adequately protect the Government’s interest”; (ii) “Retain control of the function involved; or” (iii) “Retain full personal responsibility for the function supported in…

Soc Sec XVII: Cap Increases & Donut Holes

…worker funded insurance and that certain higher (but not highest) have the unique responsibility for bailing it out, and under some plans don’t actually get any more out. Conceptually does…

Soc Sec XII: LMS, Solvency and ‘Crisis’

…of the bag, note how they word the issue (bolding mine): The plan puts great emphasis on fiscal responsibility – borrowing less from general revenues than any other plan that…

Department of Education becomes major lender to students

…Democrats in Congress have urged the government to take responsibility for providing all federally guaranteed loans. Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) have both said that, as…

Adjustment Disorder

May 2008 // Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and VoteVets.org released an e-mail obtained from a Veterans Affairs (VA) employee directing VA staff…

BW on Soc Sec V: What does Lenin have to do with this?

…in the idea that worker retirement be in any sense a social responsibility long term, instead Social Security is described entirely in terms of diluting investment and retirement planning and…

Fragile…

…this war. Neither side is immune from the killing of Iraqi civilians. But Americans should be aware of their own responsibility for inflicting death and pain on the innocent. The…

Predatory borrowing

…interesting view about responsibility was also stated. The states’ original beef with subprime was that it was unfair to the consumer or “predatory lending.” Since subprime mortgage providers are almost…