Daily Archives: 08/18/2011

(Community Matters) The estimated gap between future U.S. tax receipts and spending? $211 trillion according to Boston University Professor Kotilkoff (and yes those figures are discounted to present values). Sure makes the $14 trillion we’ve been debating seem more manageable doesn’t it?

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(Community Matters) Why the heck doesn’t Britain fine Newscorp its 39% stake in British Sky Broadcasting Group for its criminal telephone hacking?

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(Community Matters) I hope our side is capturing video of GOP contenders as they are rallying the tea party base by promising to dismantle environmental protections, disassemble the EPA, and disavowing global warming. I suspect their winner will hide these ambitions once we’re in the general. Voters will be reminded. Posted from my blackberry