Tag Archives: Social Security

The Tax Holiday is ON!

by on February 18, 2012 in History, Opinion, Politics, Uncategorized

Only Money The House and Senate have passed an extension of the Social Security Tax Holiday that was to have expired on February 29th. President Obama stated he will sign the bill into law, likely early next week. Along with the holiday, Congress also extended unemployment benefits and set aside the cuts in Medicare reimbursement […]

Workers, Boilers, Doctors, and Unemployed on the line (Again)

by on February 11, 2012 in Opinion, Politics, Uncategorized

A strange headline for the strange circumstances we find ourselves in. The Payroll Tax Holiday will expire at the end of February 2012 unless a legislative extension is passed. Because of the short month and the Presidents Day Recess in the House and Senate there are seven days left to pass this extension. You’ll remember last […]

Dear Representative

by on October 2, 2011 in Opinion, Politics, Uncategorized

Welcome back from your week of absence.   I was reminded last Friday (30 September) that although the House of Representatives is still in session (with attendant prayers, protocols, and pledges) most of the members were elsewhere.   Reviewing Majority Leader’s Cantor’s calendar there are only 123 days of  work scheduled in the 112th’s first […]

The abuse of elders, young, veterans, and those without voice

by on September 25, 2011 in Opinion, Politics, Uncategorized

Things are not working.  We are back to square one at the federal level in the US; a few days away from the end of the fiscal year without any appropriations enacted for fiscal year 2012 that begins on October 1st.  Both parties are hard at work with who will and who will not get […]

Distraction, Disinformation, and Default

by on July 28, 2011 in Opinion, Politics

The damage of playing this most dangerous game with the US debt ceiling may have already begun and most of us can only watch.  The enormity of the consequences is so large that we are unable to turn away.  The disinformation is so blatant we doubt our common sense and the facts. The US Senate […]

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