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...this reasoning, but let’s just consider a few. Most importantly, there is no crisis in Social Security. In the early 1980s, Congress made a series of adjustments to Social Security, raising both payroll taxes and the retirement age. Since then, Social Security has run a massive surplus, invested in a Trust Fund of iron clad Treasury bonds that will be tapped in 2018 when the Baby Boomers cause Social Security to run a deficit. Social Security actuaries predict that the Trust Fund will be adequate and will keep Social Security solvent far into the future...
...euro's rise, in theory, made European exports far less competitive. But until now that effect seems to have been mitigated by the overall increase in worldwide demand for goods. Exports from Germany, Europe's biggest economy, rose 10% last year, to a record $941 billion, and its trade surplus increased 20%, to $200.3 billion, according to Germany's Federal Statistical Office. Blanqué--who last year asked the world to "be patient with Europe"--says he sees signs that the Continent has finally "caught the train." He describes Germany's export performance as "remarkable" and says he expects...
...usual sentimental images of them as noble savages. In 1967, vowing to depict "real, not red," he changed his mind. His "Indian" series included the still striking rendering of a Native American man wrapped in an American flag, based on 19th century prison photographs of Indians dressed in surplus flags after their tribal regalia had been confiscated...
...Crow About So much for the hen that lays the golden egg. The Chinese year of the chicken - which dawns this week - has brought hard times for vendors of the nation's New Year toy mascots. 2004's year of the monkey saw huge demand for toy simians. But surplus plastic roosters and terry-cloth chicks are still crowding store shelves in Beijing . Some blame the problem on the inadequate cuteness of domesticated fowl; others point to the fact that the Chinese word for chicken is slang for prostitute...
...even left invested to continue growing. By most estimates, if a personal account earned annualized investment gains of 3% (after inflation was factored in), it would produce roughly the same retirement income as Social Security provides under existing rules. Investment gains above that level would give you a surplus in your private account; smaller gains would leave you with less to live...