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...That leaves the question of just what the best retirement-savings system for working families might look like. There have been several proposals (including one by Barack Obama during the campaign) to create modestly subsidized, automatic IRAs, at least for the more than 50% of private-sector workers who don't have access even to 401(k)s. Ghilarducci wants more - a government-run plan, financed in part by the end of the 401(k) tax deduction, that would guarantee a 3% return above inflation. Don't think that's a good deal? Fine. But remember that for most Americans...
...renewed emphasis, from the White House on down, on media, technology and kids. In that sense, I'm very hopeful that Barack and Michelle Obama will be parents-in-chief and role models-in-chief for our country. Barack talked about it repeatedly through his campaign-turning off the TV, turning off the video games, doing your homework, talking with your kids...
...over a week and had previously besieged the Prime Minister's office complex for months. On Dec. 3 the opposition People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) declared victory and vacated the airports, bringing hope that some 300,000 stranded tourists could leave. But the PAD vows to restart its campaign if the country's next leader is linked with the dissolved government - and, more specifically, with ex - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra...
...political stripes came together on 9/11 and during its aftermath. In India, the feud between the ruling Congress Party and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), composed of Hindu nationalists, never paused. On Nov. 28, while Mumbai was still in the grip of terror, the BJP released a campaign ad for coming state elections that said, "Brutal terror strikes at will. Weak government: unwilling and incapable. Stop terror. Vote BJP." Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat who has been widely criticized for failing to stop the 2002 anti-Muslim violence, appeared before the cameras to announce an award...
GUNS N' ROSES' campaign to have Dr Pepper make good on free-soda offer likely to last 17 years...