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Social Security cutters distort 'accuracy' of chained CPI, again!
Ed Lorenzen, a representative of a clutch of Washington groups aiming to cut Social Security benefits for you and me, takes issue with my recent blog post calling out one of their "reforms" as a stealthy, and deceitful, benefit cut. Lorenzen even...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange, Economic Indicator, Consumer Confidence, Consumers
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Goldberg: Is disability the new welfare?
The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" — a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too...
Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Medical Procedures and Tests, Long Island Rail Road
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McManus: SCOTUS-induced chaos on gay marriage?
If the Supreme Court decides the two gay marriage cases it heard last week the way most court watchers believe it will, expect legal and political chaos. The court seems ready to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, while ruling quite...
Tags: Rand Paul, Minority Groups, U.S. Supreme Court, Family, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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For gay couples, marriage future hangs in the balance at court
For the last decade, Tom Carpenter and his husband, Art Andrade, have taken every step forward – and back – in the changing landscape of rights for gay couples in California. They are one of the estimated 18,000 gay married couples who are...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Gay Rights
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Supreme Court may strike down DOMA gay marriage law, experts say
Legal experts said Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they might strike down the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to legally married gay couples. It marked the second landmark gay-rights case the justices considered...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Elena Kagan, Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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An honor for Alice Rivlin roils Social Security faithful
Robert M. Ball is one of the most revered figures in Social Security history, a man whose devotion to safeguarding the program from ideological attacks and political cant over six decades made him the program's "undisputed spiritual leader." Alice M....
Tags: Career and Workplace, Retirement, Brookings Institution, Government, National Government
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Want to empower working mothers? Call on government for help
In her new book, “Lean In,” Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg advises women to do just that. The message is her “sort of feminist manifesto”: Take a seat at the table, speak up, and don’t worry about pleasing everyone. If...
Tags: Media Industry, Cultural Development, Culture, Feminism, The Washington Post
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Letters: The 'significance' of voter fraud
Re "Protect Arizona voting rights," Editorial, March 20 The people of Arizona approved a law requiring evidence of citizenship to vote. They are the ones suffering the worst effects of illegal immigration, not those of us in California. You note...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy, Election Rigging, Elections, Politics
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The truth about the 'chained CPI' and Social Security
It's a benefit cut. It's not merely a "technical" change. It's not a "more accurate" measure of inflation. The "chained CPI" has become one of the linchpins of the debate in Washington over what to do about the cost of Social Security. The idea is to...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange, Economic Indicator, Consumer Confidence, U.S. Congress
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The 1% aren't like the rest of us
Over the last two years, President Obama and Congress have put the country on track to reduce projected federal budget deficits by nearly $4 trillion. Yet when that process began, in early 2011, only about 12% of Americans in Gallup polls cited federal...
Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Science and Technology, Vanderbilt University
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The bias against working women
In proclaiming March as Women's History Month, President Obama stated that "too many women feel the weight of discrimination on their shoulders." Liberals often make this claim, citing the fact that women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men,...
Tags: Discrimination, American Enterprise Institute, Career and Workplace, Minority Groups, Earnings
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Arizona voting law disenfranchises citizens
It's a familiar story: Out of an exaggerated concern about potential election fraud, a state adopts procedures that have the effect of disenfranchising perfectly qualified voters. In this case, the state of Arizona is demanding that would-be voters...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Regional Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, U.S. Supreme Court
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The federal income tax system imposes high tax rates on...
(March 21, 2013)
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduces a bill to str...
(March 7, 2013)
Households of people ages 65 to 74 derive 54% of their...
(February 20, 2013)