…in passing that the dates related to ‘crisis’ were moving but that nobody seemed to be noticing that and still less asking the key questions ‘why?’ and ‘can this go…
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Tri-Committee Health Care Bill Deficit Neutral
…important reinvestments in Medicare and Medicaid, including phasing in the closing of the “donut” hole in the Medicare drug benefit. The bill’s long-term reform of Medicare’s physician fee schedule to…
Tables Tell Tales: Did the Social Security Surplus Vanish in Feb 2009?
…there is a column equating to ‘Income – Cost’ which is labeled ‘Net increase during the Year’. Now the Trustees don’t label this as ‘Surplus’ but there is little doubt…
Warren Buffet’s annual letter to shareholders
…enjoy government-guaranteed funds to go up against those with a favored status. Government is determining the “haves” and “have-nots.” That is why companies are rushing to convert to bank holding…
Paul Volcker Feb.20
…is that inevitably the banking system in general is going to be protected. That is nothing new, but there will be some very sizable, systemically important banking institutions that will…
Real world business for the economic buffs
…educated) and then gets it out the door. We have a sales team (the same one doing the manufacturing), shipping and receiving, maintenance, accounting. If your business has accumulated a…
Ms Parker, Mc Cain, Party and Honor
…relief that the first Republican woman on a presidential ticket wasn’t going to let them down. No one was going to be embarrassed by John McCain’s maverick pick. Referring to…
Same labels, same old stuff
…the following: * Conservatives often use progressive ideas as a pejorative, and will quite easily label a progressive by a general term. Labelling them as “communists”, for example, even though…
The Shrinking of Treehorn
…to go away within the next few months or even years. As we fill up our gas tanks each day, do we really think gasoline prices are going to go…
Soc Sec XIX: Narratology of ‘Crisis’
…grand children, yeah it is a good story line to sell to resentful Gen-Xers who think to themselves ‘My Uncle got to go to Woodstock and all I got was…
