Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think this is an unimportant question for a 20-year-old Harvard student, think again. Without any changes, Social Security benefits are projected to exceed payroll tax revenues by approximately $160 trillion from now until 2075. To maintain the exiting system, our generation will have to bear a tremendous burden in the form of higher taxes during our working years and reduced benefits in our retirement years. In fact, economists estimate payroll taxes may have to rise at least 50 percent to finance benefits for our parents' generation...
...national debate continues in the coming months, keep in mind the facts behind these myths. In particular, keep in mind that incremental changes to the existing pay-as-you-go system are likely to impose a greater burden on our generation. A fully-funded, privatized system offers an opportunity to avoid tax hikes and benefit cuts while simultaneously increasing savings, investment and economic growth...
...Lord. "Would you pray for my brother so that he can raise money to go [on a preaching trip] to Mexico?" asks a young woman. "Our church group is visiting juvenile-detention centers, and some are scared to go," explains a boy. "Pray that God will lay a burden on people's hearts for this...
...unfair as this may be, the FCC claims it is exempting this new slice of the industry from taxes only long enough for it to get off the ground. Once they start pulling their fair share of the tax burden, though, one can expect IP telephony to become a bit more pricey...
...this is understandable. After all, the demands placed on a representative--extensive travel, constant meetings and a lack of privacy--can pose a real burden on family life. Further, candidates must now raise hundreds of thousands of dollars just to run competitively. Months (and possibly even years) of flagrant solicitation just to keep your job is something few would want to endure. Further, in the age of "bimbo eruptions" and "I didn't inhale," skeletons seem eager to jump out of the closet at the slightest hint of public ambitions...