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...concern to secure strong communal Shiite representation is mirrored among the Kurds, where the two major political parties, the longtime rival Kurdistan Democratic Party of Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, have joined forces on the Kurdish Alliance list to ensure maximum representation of the Kurdish vote in the new assembly, of which they are expected to win the lion's share. The largest Sunni Party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, which had previously served in the interim government, has withdrawn from the election on the grounds that security conditions make voting impossible in most Sunni strongholds...
Traditional pensions may require a taxpayer bailout. If it comes to that, pensioners may get stuck with less than they expect. Already, there are limits to what the government will step in to pay. The maximum benefit for a retired 65-year-old in a failed pension is $45,614 a year. At that cutoff, 90% of those in plans taken over by the PBGC get full benefits. But in high-paying industries like airlines and steel--in which the biggest pension failures are now occurring--only 60% of pensioners get full benefits...
President Bush proposed increasing the maximum Pell Grant amount by $500 over the next five years for the 4.6 million recipients of the federal financial aid. The Pell Grant, which 600 students at Harvard currently receive, is an annual grant of up to $4,050 for low income college student...
...president’s latest idea is approved, the Pell Grant program will operate as an entitlement program, like Medicare or Social Security, where the maximum amount each year per person will be increased by $100 automatically, and will not be dictated by Congressional appropriators...
...experiencing the very capitalist dystopia Marx envisioned. "There's more economic development than ever before, but workers' rights are overlooked," says Li Qiang, director of the New York City-based rights-monitoring group China Labor Watch. "You can take the name Communist Party and cut it up. This is maximum capitalism...