Once more since arriving on Capitol Hill, the new Republican dominated House of Representatives and the newly reinforced Republican Senate minority has equivocated on the topic of spending cuts. By now we are all well aware that the … [Read more...]
1,000,000 jobs will need filing in Massachusetts by 2016
1,000,000 jobs will need filling by 2016 - see Note that 700,000 plus will be jobs that need filing as baby boomers retire or become to old/feeble to work - and most will require certification and training. Again, community college … [Read more...]
Why tackling health care should be issue no. 1
More Ezra: Then there is Medicare. Medicare is a trickier problem. Because it's not the problem: The American health care system is. As Henry Aaron, the centrist Brookings health care expert has testified, our fiscal threats "derive … [Read more...]
Senior Shock Ahead
Cross-posting: This appears at Marry in Massachusetts. As background, we need to know that this group has sloughed off its sociologists' original nickname, The Entitlement Generation. Somehow that got passed along to the young workers, … [Read more...]