Showing posts with label Medicare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicare. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

A little more information on why our main Federal budget issue will be Medicare, primarily, and Social Security in the coming decades. You gotta see these numbers, especially if you are under 25 years of age!!

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A little more information on why our main Federal budget issue will be Medicare, primarily, and Social Security in the coming decades. Her...

My short, in simple terms, take on why Medicare will continue to cost more and be a bigger part of the Federal budget for many years to come.

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My short, in simple terms, take on why Medicare will continue to cost more and be a bigger part of the Federal budget for many years to c...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

More evidence that the Federal Budget is about Health Care spending and not much else.

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How times have changed regarding the Federal Budget.  In 1960, 50% of the Federal budget was allocated to National Defense. In the 2010 budg...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Yesterday I showed you how someone with an income of $45,000 can pay NO Federal income tax (47%-er) . Today I use the same household and show you how they are a major tax PAYER. These things are never as easy as they appear...

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Yesterday I wrote a blog entry on how a person or household with an income of $45,000 can end up paying no Federal Income tax on that income...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

See here how easy it is too have a pretty good paying job (teacher?) and be a member of the "47%" at the same time. Nice graphic and my explanation of why it is so...

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It is rather easy, actually, given the aggregated tax policies enacted over time. There are some basic deductions  that you are allowed t...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

In this post I explain in 7 easy steps the "Obamacare" side of how those $700 Billion in Medicare savings are attained. No old person dies, I promise (OR do they??).

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This is a complicated issue and I have tried to boil it down to its bare bones so you can have some idea of what the debate over the dueling...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Entitlement Spending and Public Investment in 3 easy graphs. Hey, this is not a flashy subject but none more important...

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The following sets of graphs illustrate the "Emperor has no clothes" in terms of the Federal Budget. Everyone knows the problem bu...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Nice population pyramid charts to remind us of the ticking fiscal timebomb awaiting the next generation. THIS is what the OWC's SHOULD be protesting...Go South protesters-- towards Capitol Hill...

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Click on the video below to see the age-demographic change occurring in the US.  This is ground zero for a potential busted national budget ...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

This cannot be emphasized enough---New charts showing the weight of Entitlement programs have on the Federal Budget..

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Two helpful charts that show the rise of direct public transfer payments over time. The first shows, in percentage terms, cash transfers to ...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Why has the number of MD's produced by the nations medical schools been flat for 20 years?

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Why has the number of Medical Doctors produced each year by the nations medical schools been relatively flat for 30(!) or so years?  This qu...
Friday, December 31, 2010

My wish for the New Year....YES, it is related to economics...Don't judge me...

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Food for thought as we pass into the New Year... ""On Jan. 1, 2011, the oldest Baby Boomers will turn 65. Every day for the next ...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Who is more selfish---Senior Citizens who won't take reduced benefits to help young people financially, or young people who won't pay more taxes to help old people financially? Good luck with that question...

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My students over the last few years have heard something very similar in my lectures, but I have always prefaced it by suggesting this is no...
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