Tag: pensions
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May 20, 2008 01:02 PM EDT --
"It is true that once upon a time," writes a reader, "'public' employees were paid less than private industry equivalents. That condition became a mere myth a long, long time . . . more
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February 09, 2006 09:03 PM EST --
Last August, the U.S. government reported that the national savings rate is now 0%. It seems incredible, but it's true. The last time the annual rate was this low was 1934 - during the Great Depression. . . . more
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March 26, 2007 01:08 AM EDT --
Last month, the Commerce Department reported that the nation’s personal savings rate for 2006 was negative 1 percent, the worst showing since the Great Depression. Simply put, this means that people . . . more
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March 22, 2007 05:24 PM EDT --
All Americans want a good life for themselves and their families. They want to be proud of their country and to believe that it can live up to its ideals. A friend asked me recently if I thought dealing . . . more
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April 24, 2007 11:03 AM EDT --
Bill Bradley raises many cogent points about the looming insolvency of the pension industry in the United States, both defined benefit pension plans and Social Security. One can only hope that our elected . . . more
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April 03, 2006 04:55 AM EDT --
Things haven't been good at General Motors in quite some time. And now, perhaps, they are about to get worse.
GM's troubles are many, and cumulatively, they are potentially leading to a once unimaginable . . . more
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March 27, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
The Story We’re Told vs. The True American Story
You’d swear Bill Bradley was running for office or dashing down court for a breakaway three-pointer. This one-time presidential contender and . . . more
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October 09, 2007 01:29 PM EDT --
Or: The New American Retirement Plan.
I was listening to the radio this morning as I was driving into town, and the DJs were talking about the many years they’ve worked for the particular radio . . . more
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April 02, 2007 10:14 AM EDT --
The New American Story offers Americans the chance to thrive in the 21st century. It puts country ahead of party and tells people the truth about our national circumstances. A party or leader bold . . . more
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April 23, 2007 10:53 AM EDT --
EXCERPT:
“The way you judge a society is by how it treats the young and the old. Social Security makes me feel better about myself as an American. The fact that we’ve found a way to avoid . . . more
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March 12, 2006 07:14 PM EST --
MOST AMERICANS AREN'T, AND THERE'S GENUINE REASON FOR CONCERN.
The statistics look grim. Only about 60 percent of eligible workers over 40 participate in their 401(k)s (rates are even lower for . . . more
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March 26, 2007 10:51 AM EDT --
What‘s that tornado-like roar of rushing air? It’s the sound of 76 million babyboomers taking in a deep breath as we reach the next milestone of our demographic movement through the American . . . more
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February 19, 2008 06:52 PM EST --
I've heard all the rumors about the "economic stimulus" checks approved by Congress in recent weeks. Today I set out to check those rumors out. After speaking with my sources at the Internal . . . more
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August 09, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
Steve Skvara’s emotional plea for an answer to “what’s wrong with America, and what are you going to do about it?” was observed by an estimated one million people and since then . . . more
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September 03, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
MOST AMERICANS HAVEN'T PLANNED ADEQUATELY, IF AT ALL, AND THAT WILL HAVE SOME PAINFUL RESULTS.
If you're over 30 and haven't started retirement planning yet, you'd better get busy. And . . . more
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September 27, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
MSNBC’s Tim Russert was not pulling punches in Wednesday nights Democratic Candidate debate. While systematically pinning each down on the most negative press each has received and why in light of . . . more
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February 06, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
The Bush budget proposal is in , and with it comes renewed fears that the current administration's plans are spiraling the American economy into a recession. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average . . . more
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September 15, 2005 05:28 PM EDT --
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
A Congressional panel takes up a bill today that deals with postal workers' pensions. But it could also have an effect on the rest of us. As Marketplace's Matthew Algeo . . . more
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November 16, 2005 01:30 PM EST --
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
The retirement obligations of bankrupt airlines have left the federal agency that guarantees private pensions $23 billion in the red. Janet Babin reports.
Listen to this . . . more
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January 09, 2006 09:40 AM EST --
In the 1885 novel Germinal, the French writer Emil Zola takes his reader on a journey through the dirty, degrading coal mining industry of France. The novel culminates in a running riot where mobs . . . more
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