In regard to Ellen Goodman’s column in the Oct. 23 Post-Dispatch, questioning the reasoning of President Obama’s recent thought about issuing another $250 one time check in lieu of a COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) to Seniors throughout our country,…
Seventy plus years ago, the Federal Government got into the pension business with the beginnings of Social Security. With the simple thought that no senior in America should be destitute, the government placed a tax on every wage earner with…
A recent front page article said there will be no Social Security raises. Being older and being stupid are not synonymous with each other, but this reporter and his sources would seem to think so! If you have part D,…
I am a senior citizen, receiving social security and medicare. In a recent speech, President Obama stated that the reason we needed to completely reform our health care system was because the insurance companies were raising rates and people could…
“Don’t touch the third rail!” is an admonition whispered throughout our nation’s capital whenever discussion of Social Security (SS) reform arises. The third rail is of course in reference to the middle rail of electric train systems; the rail which…
As the country moves towards a national health care program, I am strongly opposed to including illegal immigrants and any dependents they have brought into the country as beneficiaries. I am unwilling to pay higher taxes, higher Medicare premiums, higher…
| Newspapers last week published yet another piece in which they warn that certain federal agencies “are creeping closer to going broke.”
There are 400+ federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, Congress, the Supreme Court and the White House. To help… |
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Bank[er]s have been demonized as greedy bastards that took advantage of deregulation and unbridled capitalism. Automakers are scrambling to keep their heads attached (to no avail). The medical industry is at the center of a collision course between high costs… |
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