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• Who Will Get Your Employer's 401(K) Contributions?

  Today's Rude Opinion Poll: Which description best characterizes our elected representatives in Washington, regardless of party affiliation? They are hapless boobs, constantly passing laws that contradict each other. They are scheming miscreants, relentlessly... Posted May 27 2007, 12:00 AM by scottb with | with 26 comment(s) Filed under: Retirement, Social Security, Taxes & Other Disasters, Government

• Reader Suggestion: “Let the Rich Pay More Payroll Taxes“

  Here's an idea whose time may be coming: Take the cap off the payroll tax. Apply the payroll tax to every dime of Fat Cat income. Many readers have suggested this since the big tax cut last year. They see it as a response to the excess of top corporate... Posted Jun 29 2004, 02:29 PM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Social Security, Taxes & Other Disasters, Government

• Social Security, Taxes, and ‘The Common Good’

  Q. Social Security and privatization of part of the system are sure to get lots of discussion this political season. What ever happened to the idea of the common good? Have we lost the notion of a common good to benefit our society? Why do working class... Posted Nov 02 2000, 01:28 PM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Q&A (from print), Social Security, Taxes & Other Disasters, Government