Social Security is fast running out of money, weighing down on the economy, and may have to start cutting benefits to some Americans as early as 2016. That’s the determination of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees in ...
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‘How’s Your Sex Life?’ Obamacare To Require Doctors To Ask Invasive Questions
The federal government is paying doctors to gather information about your sex life as a part of Obamacare. The New York Post reported that the Department of Health and Human Services has already paid medical professionals $12.7 billion to gather ...
Read More »President Proclaims that Entitlements Make Us Free
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In spite of the fact that entitlement programs account for almost half of the entire Federal budget, President Obama proclaimed in his inaugural address yesterday that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security “free us to take the risks ...
Read More »Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security: Representative Paul Ryan Faces the Realities
WASHINGTON DC – The White House and Democrat leaders blasted Representative Paul Ryan’s (R) latest budget plan as unrealistic. Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary, went so far as to say that anyone who supports it must be “deliberately ignorant” ...
Read More »Dividend Tax Rates Triple Under Obama’s 2013 Budget Plan
WASHINGTON D.C.—President Obama’s 2013 budget plan calls for a hike in the dividend tax rate from the current 15% it is now to a higher personal income tax rate of 39.6%. Once deductions and exemptions that are being phased out ...
Read More »A Workable Bi-Partisan Approach to Medicare
Working across party and capitol lines, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced an extraordinary reform deal. This comes in spite of President Obama assertions that progress cannot be made with Medicare because of Republicans’ unwillingness to act. ...
Read More »Paul Ryan’s Medicare
Paul Ryan has dared to take on a political untouchable – Medicare. As a result, the airwaves are filled with an endless chorus of talking heads chittering away at all hours about the effects of his proposed changes. It’s been ...
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