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Stimulus spending did not create the new jobs as promised, but it did add nearly a trillion dollars to the country’s deepening deficit. Other efforts to reduce unemployment have been spectacularly unsuccessful. The only significant drop in the numbers came from the government hiring of temporary workers to conduct the census. What will [...]
What pre-boomer can forget being given the distinction of licking and pasting a kitchen drawer full of S&H Green Stamps into the collection books so Mom could go to the redemption center and turn them in for merchandise rewards? It could have been Top Value, Triple S, Plaid or Blue Chip stamps. For many years, [...]
The mess the country is in must be blamed on something — some group or some philosophy. Of course, it’s easy to blame the politicians because their mistakes are so public. This is true for both parties. Pointing fingers at business and finance is almost a knee-jerk reaction. Then there are the people who have [...]
Congressman, Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) recently announced he will introduce a bill designed to create a million jobs for unemployed workers by allowing people who have reached 60 to take early retirement. The question is, how can adding to the growing roles of those on Social Security and other government-run/taxpayer-funded programs possibly be good for the [...]
The media have reported that seniors have become more vocal as health care continues to be America’s hot topic. As a pre-boomer, I have expressed my concerns to anyone who will listen and tried to recruit others born between 1930 and 1945 to get active on this issue. Until the final bill is rolled out [...]
