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Geithner's Taxes
JustOneMinute —
... from 2001 to 2003, including a small payment in 2004 after he had left. Mr. Geithner worked there after leaving the Treasury, where he had risen to under secretary for international affairs in the Clinton administration, and before becoming president of the New York Fed, a post that has put him at the center of the economic crisis. The I.M.F., as an international organization, does not withhold payroll taxes for Social Security and ...
Geithner Confirmed for Treasury Post
The Latest on Air America —
... in a ceremony at the Treasury Building attended by Mr. Obama, spent the first 13 of his 20 years in government service working for the Treasury, rising to under secretary for international affairs in the Clinton administration. His confirmation became unexpectedly complicated this month by the disclosure that he failed to pay Social Security and ...
NY Times: Job Losses All Over The Place
Pirate's Cove —
... . It is hurting homeowners and investors more than renters or retirees who rely on Social Security checks. It is hurting Latinos more than any other ethnic group. A year ago, a greater share of Latinos held jobs than whites. Today, the two have switched places. ...
NY Times: Job Losses All Over The Place
Stop The ACLU —
... . It is hurting homeowners and investors more than renters or retirees who rely on Social Security checks. It is hurting Latinos more than any other ethnic group. A year ago, a greater share of Latinos held jobs than whites. Today, the two have switched places. And what is President Obama and his administration doing? Have they moved into the role of executive? No. They are still stuck in campaign mode. They are out there attacking Rush Limbaugh, a private citizen exercising his First Amendment rights. They are ...
Reason Writers Around Town: Nick Gillespie in the NY Times on Joe Scarborough's New Book, The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise
Hit & Run —
... 's box office mojo need to embrace environmentalism (they should be "Going green for God"); acknowledge the permanence of troubled entitlement programs like Social Security and ...
More On That Ballooning Deficit
Hit & Run —
... Without offering any details, the White House budget director said that President Obama will soon unveil plans to reduce long-term deficits tied to soaring costs of Medicare, Social Security and other entitlement programs. ...
The Lessons from History on Health Care Reform
TPMCafe —
... left it out of Social Security because he was afraid it would be too complicated and attract fierce resistance. ...
Robert Reich: The Lessons from History on Health Care Reform
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... and the President set to deliver a major address on the subject to both houses of Congress tomorrow, a bit of history may be in order. An excellent starting place David Blumenthal's and James Marone's The Heart of Power, which I reviewed for the New York Times this past weekend. Here are the major points:
Universal health care has bedeviled, eluded or defeated every president for the last 75 years. Franklin Roosevelt left it out of Social Security because he was afraid it would be too complicated and attract fierce resistance. Harry ...
Health Care That's Always A Scare
JustOneMinute —
... , so its Mission Unaccomplished. John Dingell made the case for expanded research into Alzheimer's drugs for those of us worried about losing our memories: “Today’s may be a tough vote, but it was in 1935 when we passed Social Security ,” Representative John Dingell, Democrat of Michigan and the dean of the House, said as the debate drew to a close late Saturday. ...
Viking Pundit — ... and Social Security . The nation’s oldest baby boomers are approaching 65, setting off what experts have warned for years will be a fiscal nightmare for the government. In what context is the word " feared " used here? In "feared" there's the implication that the mathematical certainty of Medicare's and Social Security's insolvency would not come to pass. In what way was this not foreseen by Washington and bloggers alike? The Social Security and Medicare trustees ...
