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Social Security a Ponzi scheme? No way
Fortune - 75 Minutes ago
(Fortune) -- It was inevitable that once the phrase 'Ponzi scheme' returned to the news in the wake of Bernard Madoff's alleged swindle, a chorus of angry voices would rise to condemn Social Security
Social Security scheme makes Mr. Ponzi look like a piker South Bend Tribune
Social Security biggest Ponzi scheme of all Columbia Daily Tribune
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Federal Labor Relations Authority at a Crossroads
Washington Post - 12 Hours ago
As the new chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Beck's task is to reinvigorate an organization that had become almost useless. The authority's mission is to resolve complaints of unfair
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Peru's Cabinet Members Turn Down Pay Raise
Wall Street Journal Online - 87 Minutes ago
LIMA (Dow Jones)--Peru's Cabinet members have turned down a proposed pay raise, following a public outcry
Peru's Cabinet Members Turn Down Pay Raise (DJ) Easy Bourse
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Jobless Workers Swamp N.Y.'s Benefits System
NPR - 3 Hours ago
When tens of thousands of newly laid off workers rushed to file for benefits in New York, the state's system crashed. State labor department officials say the problem started Monday when phone banks at
Jobless pay e-filing systems crash in 3 states Arizona Daily Star
Jobless System Crashes, Leaving Many Without Benefits WBNS-10TV
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US Social Security allows online applications
TheInquirer.net - 53 Minutes ago
Baby boomers can't fit through the door. THE US SOCIAL SECURITY Administration is so concerned that it will be run off its feet with the coming eligibility of 80 million baby boomers for benefits that
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The GOP Should Fight Health-Care Rationing
Wall Street Journal Online - 13 Hours ago
By TOM PRICE Perhaps the greatest missed opportunity of the past eight years was the chance for Republicans
Health-Care Rationing Is Inevitable, So Get Over It Wall Street Journal Online
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Medicare Proposes Expansion Of PET Scans As Cancer Diagnostic Tool
Medical News Today - 2 Hours ago
The (CMS) proposed a national coverage determination (NCD) to expand coverage for initial diagnostic testing with positron emission tomography (PET) for many Medicare beneficiaries who are being treated
Medicare proposes wider cancer scan coverage QualityHealth.com
US Medicare proposes wider cancer scan coverage Forbes.com
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Drees, others file suit over HUD ruling
San Antonio Business Journal - 54 Minutes ago
Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Staff Reporter David Drees Related Fort Mitchell-based and several dozen national home builders have filed a complaint against the . They claim a rule it plans to enact
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Campus pro-life group needs to back off and let women weigh their options
The Gateway Online - 5 Hours ago
Bobbie Briggs, Opinion Writer When I think of a university campus, I relate it with liberal and free-thinking attitudes, associations, and groups. However, there seems to be a virtual absence of these
PRO-LIFE GROUP PROMOTES MARCH FOR LIFE EVENT TO OPPOSE OBAMA ON ABORTION LifeNews.com
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Obama Selects Yet another Pro-Abortion "Catholic" for Leading Office
LifeSite - 6 Hours ago
(LifeSiteNews.com) - With the appointment of Leon Panetta as the new head of the CIA, president-elect Barack Obama has continued a trend of appointing pro-abortion â??Catholicsâ? to high-profile positions
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Blogs Comment On Future Of Abortion Rights Under Obama Administration, 'Virginity
Medical News Today - 7 Hours ago
Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs; Women's Health / Gynecology; Nursing / Midwifery email to a friend printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Current Article Ratings:
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Obama Should Seek 'Common Ground' On Abortion Debate With Ryan-DeLauro Bill
Medical News Today - 7 Hours ago
'One hopeful feature' of President-elect Barack Obama's upcoming presidency is his 'apparent passion for moving the nation beyond its weary cultural debates' on issues such as abortion, a editorial says.
Finally, common ground on abortion Creston News Advertiser
Businesses Seek Common Ground Wall Street Journal Online
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Second hospital in a month closes on HUD financing through Lancaster Pollard
Fierce Healthcare - 12 Hours ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Dec. 30, 2008) - Lancaster Pollard has closed on a $19.3 million financing to replace Carlinville Area Hospital in Illinois. Strong community support combined with federal mortgage insurance
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Promoting the General Welfare Through Civil Justice Reform: A Memo to President-elect
Heritage Foundation - 12 Hours ago
Barack Obama believes we need a business and regulatory landscape in which entrepreneurs and small businesses can thrive, start-ups can launch, and all enterprises can compete effectively while investors
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SendMeHome Gets Social
SoCalTech - 14 Hours ago
Santa Barbara-based startup SendMeHome.com, which provides a free service to help people retrieve their lost items, has launched a new social feature the firm says will help connect people through objects.
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Leveraging election fraud with census fraud (updated)
American Thinker - 16 Hours ago
Election fraud may soon be amplified by census fraud if the left takes advantage of a tactic just waiting for exploitation. Those who want clean elections already are very concerned about the widespread
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Senate panel sets hearing on Obama HUD nominee
Portland Tribune - 6 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, on Tuesday scheduled a hearing for January 13 to consider President-elect Barack Obama's
US Senate panel to weigh Obama budget picks Jan. 13Â 1 hr ago CNBC
US Senate panel to weigh Obama budget picks Jan. 13 CNBC
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Universal healthcare and the waistline police
Christian Science Monitor - 1/6/2009
We risk a nanny state contrary to American ideals. Sedalia, Colo. - Imagine a country where the government regularly checks the waistlines of citizens over age 40. Anyone deemed too fat would be required
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Editorial -- HUD's Modest Step Toward a More Transparent Housing Market
Washington Post - 1/6/2009
FOR ALL THE recent troubles in the housing market, homeownership is still a big part of the American dream. But for millions of people, the dream turns momentarily nightmarish when they sit down at closing,
EDITORIAL: Step toward coastal renewal NOLA Live
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Patrick considering ways to contain healthcare costs
Boston Globe - 1/6/2009
Governor Deval Patrick yesterday accelerated his administration's efforts to control spiraling statewide healthcare costs, warning that rising premiums threaten to crush families and businesses and doom
Patrick looks to contain healthcare costs Boston Globe
Patrick considering ways to contain rising healthcare costs Boston Globe
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Social Security overestimates death rates: study
HealthCentral.com - 1/6/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Social Security Administration, which pays out $600 billion a year in benefits to retirees, may have underestimated how a decline in smoking will increase life expectancy,
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Cord Blood America Engages Social Media and Starts Conversation Regarding Stem Cells
MarketWatch - 1/6/2009
(MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Cord Blood America, Inc. (CBAI:CBAINews , chart , profile , more Last: Delayed quote data Analyst Create alert Insider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: , , ) , announced today
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Health-Care Outlays Climb Slowly
Wall Street Journal Online - 1/6/2009
By VANESSA FUHRMANS and JANE ZHANG Health-care spending grew at its lowest rate in nearly a decade in
America's health-care famine is slowly killing us Salt Lake Tribune
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ESA News Release: Higher and higher: U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division
Department of Labor - 19 Hours ago
] Contact Name: Loren Smith or Dolline Hatchett Phone Number: (202) 693-4676 Release Number: 09-0001-NAT Agency collects more than $1.4 billion for workers since 2001 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department
ESA News Release: Higher and higher: OFCCP wins record annual number of financial Department of Labor
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Party leader calls for balanced growth, social security, justice
Viet Nam News - 21 Hours ago
HA NOI â??It was the time to devise measures to curb problems arising from economic growth to ensure sustainable development, social security and justice, according to the General Secretary of the Central
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