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Video: McCain stumbling on privatization
Spin CycleAttacking Obama's plan to fix Social Security by raising the cap on payroll taxes, McCain gets accused of favoring privatization. In NH yesterday and NJ today, McCain insists -- forcefully -- that it's not true. Except, the DNC comes up......Tags: Social Security, Employees, Privatization, Economic Policy, New Jersey
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First firings of baseball season: Mariners, Mets
O, by the WayThe housecleanings have begun in the majors in a couple of entirely predictable places.In Seattle, general manager Bill Bavasi, architect of a miserable Mariners team, was fired earlier in the week. And last night in a move that was almost scary......Tags: American League, Philadelphia Phillies, Baseball, New York Mets, Sports
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Economy's job losses meet expectations
The Swampby Frank James It was a bad news, good news morning for economy watchers. The bad news was that the economy shed 62,000 jobs in June, the sixth straight month in which employers cut their payrolls. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate......Tags: Economy, Wildlife, Unemployment, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial and Business Services
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Budget: Paterson challenged on pension pork
Spin CycleThe Citizens Budget Commission, a watchdog group, releases a letter to Gov. Paterson challenging him to veto four pension sweetener bills that would hike taxpayer costs for health, disability and retirement benefits for local and state government...Tags: Politics, Local Government, Disasters and Accidents, Retirement, New York
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Paterson: It's your money. Why shouldn't I spend it?
Spin CycleWhen David Paterson became governor, NYS no longer had a lieutenant governor. So what did he do? He hired everyone working for the now non-existent LG, and gave a lot of them raises! The NYSun: "At the beginning of......Tags: David A. Paterson, Executive Branch, Government
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McCain on SS: It's a disgrace, and I don't have a plan
Spin CycleMcCain yesterday made the odd comment that Social Security was a "disgrace" because younger workers' taxes are used to support the elderly in retirement. Odd because -- yes, that's the way Social Security has been set up for more......Tags: Social Security, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Society, Hillary Clinton
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McCain on SS: Hide the ball
Spin CycleThe latest from the McCain campaign on why coming up with a plan to rescue Social Security would be bad for Social Security: "The lesson of history is that too many specifics at this point polarize the debate...However, John McCain......Tags: Social Security, National Government, John McCain, Government
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Pelosi, DeLauro rally for equal pay
The Swampby Jesse Hamilton Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Rosa DeLauro and other women members of Congress rallied this morning for the cause of ensuring that women get paid the same as men when working the same jobs. Inspired......Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Labor Legislation, National Government, Career and Workplace, Government
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Joe: To the end, looking out for Number 1
Spin CycleWith all the affectionate goodbyes to Joe Bruno, here's a reminder of who he really was: He was on the state payroll for 39 years, and his base legislative salary was $79,500. But you will be financing his retirement......Tags: Politics, Retirement, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Labor Legislation
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Social Security: Gaming the politics
Spin CycleOne thing we have learned this election year is that smart, experienced politicians like John McCain and Hillary Clinton promise to save Social Security by forming a commission but say it would be a mistake to offer specifics, while......Tags: Politics, Social Security, Hillary Clinton, Ronald Reagan, State Budgets
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Foreign Automakers Set Up Shop in the Heartland
KickingTiresBy Patrick Olsen and Eamonn Brennan Cars.com In the past 19 years, foreign automakers with no less a profile than Toyota, Honda and Subaru have set up shop in middle America. Why do foreign automakers find Indiana so appealing? How......Tags: Joseph Phillippi, Real Estate Agents, Economy, Business and Finance, Interior Policy, Employees
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Smithtown supervisor's son ordered to be top-pay laborer
Spin CyclePatrick Vecchio Jr., fired by the Suffolk County Water Authority for screwing up water tests only to be returned to the payroll by an arbitrator, is about to become the agency's highest paid ditchdigger - making from $7,000 to......Tags: Smithtown (Suffolk, New York), Long Island
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