Topic: Medicare
ADWATCH: On taxes, jobs, campaign ads spin fanciful fiction from mere nuggets of truthFinding an actual fact in this season's load of campaign ads is like panning for nuggets. There's a lot of fool's gold in the way.In this warped-lens world, a ...
The National Republican Congressional Committee, believing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be an unpopular and imperious figure, has been out with a series of ads accusing rank-and-file Democrats of eagerly doing her bidding.. Although he claims to be independent "he voted with ...
By this question I presume that you are asking for opinions on recent revelations that New York Federal Reserve President and current Treasury Secretary designate, Timothy Geitner, failed to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on his income while working for the ...
According to October 11, 2006 news reports, the Federal deficit (the amount by which government spending exceeds tax and other government revenues) has shrunk to its lowest amount in four years. A wealthy person earning $100,000 per year pays 10% of the ...
Recently, in a response to one of my articles, a reader offered the comment, ? The question arises, ?how long can America continue to function without using common sense?? Based on our situation today, I would have to argue that it cannot ...
As for the Media (Fox News included), none are pressing foreither to tell anyone what their plans might be. Medicare ? Still eligible at age 65, complete independentreview of every payable line item in the Medicare/Medicaid system, let?s findthe $20.00 Surgical Sponges ...
Delos Smith is a Fordham University economics professor, president and chief economist for Delos Smith & Associates, and external affairs analyst for the American Bus Association. Previously, he was the senior business analyst with The Conference Board, which issues a monthly consumer ...
Did you hear what President Obama said Monday at another of his nonstop and insufferable town hall gatherings? This time he was challenged by people who had voted for him about the sick economy. In his responses, the president spoke about tax ...
The federal government has committed more than $11 trillion to bailouts to "help" the U.S. economy. According to the Tax Foundation (www.taxfoundation.org), a Washington think tank, the tax burden of the top 1 percent of earners exceeds that of the bottom 95 ...
AS IF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS and the weak economy weren't enough, a big setback of another kind is looming for the nation's top earners: It isn't a done deal; Congress has yet to set the barrage of increases in motion, and Republicans ...