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Republican Leaders Again Equivocate on Spending Cuts

January 31, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, congressional-republicans, deficit-spending, entitlements, john-boehner, mitch-mcconnell, taxes, tea-party-movement

1,000,000 jobs will need filing in Massachusetts by 2016

December 15, 2010 By AmberPaw

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-college, entitlements, growth-industries, jobs, unemployment

Why tackling health care should be issue no. 1

November 7, 2008 By Mr. Lynne

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deficit, entitlements, health-care, national-debt

Senior Shock Ahead

September 30, 2008 By massmarrier

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bailout, boomers, economy, entitlements, korean-war, seniors

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