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2004-03-02 Thread Devine, James
March 2, 2004/New York TIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Medicare and Social Security Challenge By EDMUND L. ANDREWS WASHINGTON, March 1 - When Alan Greenspan urged Congress last week to cut future benefits in Social Security and Medicare, sending elected officials to the barricades, he was if anything

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2004-03-02 Thread Mike Ballard
--- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: March 2, 2004/New York TIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Medicare and Social Security Challenge By EDMUND L. ANDREWS In theory, the two giant trust funds are accumulating huge surpluses that can be used to pay for benefits when the baby boomers retire and

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2004-03-02 Thread Peter Hollings
] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] any comments? --- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: March 2, 2004/New York TIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Medicare and Social Security Challenge By EDMUND L. ANDREWS In theory, the two giant trust funds are accumulating huge surpluses that can be used to pay for benefits when

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2004-03-02 Thread Michael Perelman
reduction in our benefits. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Ballard Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 6:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] any comments? --- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: March 2, 2004

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2004-03-02 Thread Eubulides
--- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: March 2, 2004/New York TIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Medicare and Social Security Challenge By EDMUND L. ANDREWS Doug Orr was on the local NPR affiliate with some other people giving an excellent take on Greenspan's, uh, strategic

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2004-03-02 Thread joanna bujes
Mike Ballard wrote: President Bush and Republican lawmakers distanced themselves as well, saying that much of the problem could be averted by setting up private savings accounts. A ridiculous proposal which plays to the ignorance of the working class about who actually produces the wealth and

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2004-03-02 Thread joanna bujes
, March 02, 2004 6:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] any comments? --- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: March 2, 2004/New York TIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Medicare and Social Security Challenge By EDMUND L. ANDREWS In theory, the two giant trust funds are accumulating huge

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2004-03-02 Thread joanna bujes
, the beneficiaries, will sue all present and future trustees personally for any reduction in our benefits. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Ballard Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 6:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] any

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2003-09-24 Thread Michael Pollak
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, michael wrote: Beaudry, Paul and David A. Green. 2003. Wages and Employment in the United States and Germany: What Explains the Difference? American Economic Review, 93: 3 (June): pp. 573-602. The first thing that would come to my mind is that the German educational

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2003-09-21 Thread michael
Beaudry, Paul and David A. Green. 2003. Wages and Employment in the United States and Germany: What Explains the Difference? American Economic Review, 93: 3 (June): pp. 573-602. Abstract: Over the last 20 years the wage-education relationships in the United States and Germany have evolved very

[PEN-L:9671] any comments on this claim

1999-07-27 Thread Michael Perelman
Strassmann, Paul A. 1997. The Squandered Computer: Evaluating the Business Alignment of Information Technologies (Information Economics Press). 75: "In 1992 I met with the statistical staff from the Department of Commerce to gain an understanding of how they translated current IT budgets into