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Treasury to tap pensions to help fund government
The Obama administration will begin to tap federal retiree programs to help fund operations after the government ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Appeals court blasts VA mental health care system
Noting that an average of 18 veterans a day commit suicide, a federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
Britain, France Offer Previews for U.S.
The social contracts that have governed the world's advanced, industrialized nations since World War II are being ...Posted by Neil R. Anderson
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AFL-CIO's Trumka Calls for Labor Movement Separate from Parties: 'I've Had a Snootful of This S---!"
“We can’t simply build the power of any political party or any candidate. For too long we’ve been left after ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
How Raising Retirement Age Screws the Poor
Whenever someone talks about how life expectancies have skyrocketed and we can't afford long, leisurely retirements ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries
When we don’t get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don’t blame the soldiers. We don’t say, ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Pensions: 70 or bust!
Put aside the cruise brochures and let the garden retain that natural look for a few more years. Demography and ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Attacking Social Security
Critics of the program claim that its future is in peril. But their math doesn’t add up, and underneath their ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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The Great Pension RipOff
New national level accounting rules have changed the way government entities show on their financial statements the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Still Not Wise
() Most Americans continue to rely on the government to provide for their retirement. But with everyone unsure about ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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