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Protestors demonstrate outside Rohrabacher's office
As the intense debate about lifting the debt ceiling continued to paralyze Washington, about three dozen people protested Tuesday afternoon outside the office of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) in downtown Huntington Beach. The picketers, many of...Tags: Dana Rohrabacher, Elections, Democratic Party, Wages and Pensions, Washington, DC
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Sounding Off: We must fix free market as needed
Regarding "Redistributing wealth does not help situation" by Assemblyman Jim Silva (Community Commentary, Aug. 5): Before wealth can be redistributed, it must be created by brains and hard work. Americans expect all who are able to pitch in, take care...Tags: Marketing, National Government, Wages and Pensions, Government, Career and Workplace
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Workers' compensation disputes go to medical examiner
Disputes between Huntington Beach and its employees over workers' compensation can now be resolved through independent medical examiners rather than by the state. The City Council on Monday voted to enter into an alternative form of dispute resolution,...Tags: House Building, Sports, Wages and Pensions, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Obama to AARP: ‘Tweak’ can fix Social Security
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told `AARP The Magazine’ in a recent interview that Social Security is `the linchpin of our social safety net’ and it won’t take much to keep it from going... -
Orange to consider marking SSN “optional” on registration forms
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe ACLU of Florida on Wednesday called out Orange and Osceola schools for not marking social security numbers as an “optional” field on registration forms, per federal law and court guidelines. District counsel Woody Rodriguez said later... -
Alan Simpson opens his yap on Social Security
... and the results, as usual, are ugly. Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) has made a name for himself by lowering the tenor of debate over Social Security with his intemperate and vulgar attacks on the program's advocates -- not to mention with his...
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Obama, 50, says `tweaks¿ can fix Social Security
President Barack Obama told `AARP The Magazine’ in a recent interview that Social Security is `the linchpin of our social safety net’ and it won’t take much to keep it from going broke. "Social Security is not in an immediate crisis,&...Tags: Democratic Party, Periodicals, Barack Obama, Newspaper and Magazine
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Thursday letters to the editor
Politicians held to higher standard My Mother's Day breakfast was interrupted with the article on Commissioner Dale Holness and the claim that he was just another victim of the real estate situation here in Broward County. The fact that he claims he was...Tags: Mother's Day, Elections, Israel, Deerfield Beach, Boynton Beach
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ACLU challenges schools over Social Security numbers on enrollment forms
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has given the Orange and Osceola county school districts an F grade for not indicating that providing Social Security numbers on enrollment forms is optional, a requirement based on federal law and court...
Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, American Civil Liberties Union, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Alan Simpson pens scathing letter to 'greedy geezers' retiree group
WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Alan Simpson has again unleashed his sharp tongue on critics, this time in the form of a scathing letter that accuses the California Alliance for Retired Americans of being “greedy geezers.” The Oakland-based retiree...
Tags: Politics, Public Finance, Government Health Care, Fox News Channel (tv network), Health
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Consumer index hints of lower COLA in 2013 for seniors
Seniors be warned: Your Social Security cost of living adjustment for next year may be less than half of this year's 3.6 percent increase. That's because the inflation rate that Social Security increases are pegged to is only 1.7 percent as of the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange, Medicare, Petroleum Industry, North Palm Beach
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Health care and taxes
There has been a lot of controversy about the new health care law that is now being considered by the Supreme Court. I cannot see how the government can force everybody to buy health insurance. Seems to me that would be a direct violation of our...Tags: Health Insurance, Health
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