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...program’s long-term financial problems. Politicians are avoiding the painful choices discussed by national commissions assigned to weigh the options. Commission reports usually include some combination of recommendations that include increasing the retirement age, requiring seniors to pay a larger share of Medicare costs out-of-pocket, means-testing benefits, increasing payroll taxes and reducing payments to doctors and hospitals for treating people covered by Medicare...
...doesn’t belong to Russia, the Russian system or whoever’s pocket it ended up in,” Clark said. “It belongs...
Testifying in his own defense, Byrne admitted to less extensive physical contact with Trombly in the guard room but presented an alternate explanation, saying that he had rushed to restrain the student when he saw him reaching for a possible weapon in a deep denim pocket...
...shouted yes slogans in every legal form. Though political TV advertising is outlawed, the country is awash in debate. On Stockholm street corners, workers dutifully dispense yes or no pins from little huts. And would-be voters are assaulted by huge hanging banners and billboards: "Better krona in your pocket than euros in your unemployment check," said one billboard erected by the no campaigners. Persson's main argument is economic: join the euro now and trade will increase with the rest of the euro zone, interest rates will drop from the current 2.75% to the 2% level in Euroland...
...astounding 930,000 people have started mini-jobs (most are second jobs). "It's really fantastic," says Anke Koch, 35, who works in an upscale Berlin restaurant. "I can work part-time and get health benefits for me and my baby. And I've got money in my pocket." Another reform helps the unemployed start businesses. Called "Ich AG" (Me Inc.), the government pays unemployed workers j600 a month to help set them up in business. So far, 43,000 people have started new businesses under the program. Some economists thought things were turning around last year, only...