…year planning windows, already by 2034 the distribution is from -1.86% of payroll for High Cost to +1.12% for Low Cost. Also worth noting is that OAS in isolation is…

…worthy of his reward.” and clearly he glossed over the even more famous admonition “Honor thy Father and they Mother”. For Simpson workers are suckling pigs and seniors are ‘Greedy…

…2010) (noting that the coalition groups have spent $3.8 million since Jan. 1, 2009 on candidates and advertising, and that the Chamber of Commerce plans to spend $75 million influencing…

…the banks are holding assets on their books at higher levels than they know they are worth, and are therefore using “excess reserves” to cover real losses until they can’t…

…or columnists noting the difference, with a major exception of Dean Baker, who for a variety of reasons tends to go with CBO numbers. Well a funny thing happened this…

…enjoy. Funny, though, the Wall Street Journal seldom runs an editorial or Op-Ed noting that entitlements are problematic and therefore ending these types of entitlements is a good thing. Compare…

…hiring large numbers of people. It’s worth noting that the entire population of the U.S. at the time – never mind the labor force – was less than 130 million….

…latest retail sales figures reveal two bits of information worth noting. First, autos were a big factor in the March 2010 surge. Second, even though the large contribution from motor…

…beneficial programs targeted at ordinary Americans and to lay claim to “fiscal responsibility” by noting how they pointed out when so and so was in office that deficit reduction should…

…at Lobel, Novins & Lamont) noting the consensus developing among a small but diverse group of economists, professors, and those interested in how the economy works about the failure of…