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The Obama budget and the appearance of reform
— Well, at least we're starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It's called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget. Normal had...
Tags: Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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The Obama 2014 budget proposal and the appearance of reform
WASHINGTON - Well, at least we're starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It's called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget. Normal had...Tags: Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate
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Which road to take: Annuity or lump sum?
Q: I plan to retire by May and have a payment option on my pension plan. I can take a lump sum of $93,000, or an annuity of $602 per month with no inflation adjustment. I'm 67 and in relatively good health. My parents both lived through their late 80s. I'...Tags: Personal Finance, Career and Workplace, Politics, Social Security, Inflation and Deflation
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Medicare premiums could ding some in middle class
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired city worker Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn't see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama's budget...
Tags: Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, George W. Bush, Lobbying, Government Health Care
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Elderly couple's sons pressuring them to get a reverse mortgage
Dear Liz: I try to watch out for my neighbors, a married couple in their early 90s. Two of their three sons, who are both in their 60s, want them to get a reverse mortgage. The couple's house is paid off as well as their cars. They pay all their monthly...Tags: Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, 401K, Finance, Internal Revenue Service
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Chained thinking on the federal deficit
Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...
Tags: Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange, Arts and Culture
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COLUMN-Gambling with your retirement: PBS gets in on the action
ReutersBy Mark Miller CHICAGO, April 26 (Reuters) - PBS Frontline is shocked - shocked! - to find that investors hold retirement accounts that cost too much and eat into long-term returns, even though financial experts have been hammering away on these issues...Tags: Personal Finance, Mutual Funds, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Retire on your own terms
Most Americans are aware that they need to save for retirement. It is a topic that is easy to brush aside to a later date because although the subject is important, it may not seem urgent. But the longer you put off some basic retirement planning, the...Tags: Retirement Planning Services, Career and Workplace, Social Security, Financial Planning
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Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. Obama's budget proposal includes a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Consumer Confidence, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, American Cancer Society
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Obama budget would have big impact in Md.
Labor unions representing federal employees reacted angrily to the $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Wednesday by President Barack Obama, who proposed trimming $20 billion from federal retirement benefits — reopening a debate many Democrats felt had...
Tags: Barack Obama, Andrew P Harris, Baltimore County, Career and Workplace, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland)
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The case against cutting Social Security and Medicare
The president and a few other prominent Democrats are openly suggesting that Social Security payments be reduced by applying a lower adjustment for inflation, and that Medicare be means-tested. This is even before Democrats have begun formal budget...Tags: Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Health Insurance Cost, Consumer Confidence, Politics
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Pay off the mortgage? Maybe not
Kiplinger's Money PowerRetiring your home loan makes sense if your stomach churns at the idea of making payments into old age, or you aren't confident that you can get a return on your money that beats your mortgage rate. But moving heaven and earth to write that last check may...Tags: Personal Finance, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Credit and Debt, Finance
Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 13, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Apr 23, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Apr 10, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 10, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 9, 2013
|Story| Tribune Media Services
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