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 . . .
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March 11, 2009 04:23 AM EDT --
If you recall I am currently dealing with the welfare disability. I was first given temporary disability, then refused because I had used up the full time allotted. Apparently a temporary disability . . .
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December 22, 2008 04:40 PM EST --
Generally speaking the world we live in has a low tolerance for people with disabilities. We are often slower, we don’t walk fast, we don’t talk fast, or think fast, we require help and . . .
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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. . . .
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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 . . .
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August 17, 2009 08:09 AM EDT --
Report: Atlanta must cut pensions
A new Atlanta City Council report recommends the city slash retirement benefits for future employees and look into having the city join, for the . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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June 19, 2009 06:03 AM EDT --
President Obama issued a memorandum this week extending some benefits to same-sex domestic partners of federal government employees. They will now be able to take sick leave to care for a sick partner, . . .
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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 . . .
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April 04, 2007 03:04 PM EDT --
The U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is holding average unclaimed benefits of nearly $5,000 for 32,000 people owed money from terminated defined benefit pension plans, reports RedwoodAge.com in "US: . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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