Special blog post by Lewis Warne, an NCPA research associate. In 2011 Congress online canadian pharmacy no prescription defunded the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM, an). The SPM is an alternative to the Official Poverty Measure (OPM) that has been used since the 1960s. The goal of the SPM is to provide a more comprehensive picture of poverty [...]
Last night’s debate left me a bit queasy. It wasn’t Candy Crowley’s implicit cheerleading of the president or her incorrect “correction” of Mitt Romney on the Benghazi question. Nor was it the fact that both candidates were interrupting each other so often that few coherent messages made their way to viewers. It was the first [...]
Today's Wall Street Journal highlighted the often-ignored plight of the U.S. fiscal cliff buy viagra online . Beginning in January 2013, $1.2 trillion viagra no prescription of automatic, across-the-board cuts in discretionary spending will take place over 10 years, as directed by the congressonional “supercommittee” last November (yawn…remember them?). Of course, there is still time [...]
win men If Dr. Phil were an economist, he might ask the question, “How are those interest rates working for ya?” It seems that low interest rates are quite the mixed bag these days. And several different takes on them just happened to appear in three news articles today. First, the good news – sort [...]
Using a new measure of poverty which adjusts for area costs of living, in-kind benefits, health care costs and other factors, the Census Bureau released a new report today (reported
Another sobering article about retirement, or lack thereof: Households that expected to find retirement just around the levitra online corner will have to work longer. The main reason? Debt, debt, and more debt: mortgages, home equity loans, kids’ college expenses and credit card debts are saddling 60- to 64-year-old households who expected their retirement-age years [...]
It is refreshing to see a light at the end of the stock market tunnel…household wealth rose 3.8 percent during the last three months of 2010, says the Dallas Morning News, (“Stocks Lift Household Wealth as Debt Falls). This was in part due to the rise in stock prices. I recall back in late 2008 and [...]
In my last blog, I mentioned the sad state of affairs for many of those in their 60s who are on the verge of retirement, or at least who would like to retire soon. The Wall Street Journal's recent article, “Retiring Boomers Find 401(k) Plans Fall Short” (link no longer available) reiterates the case. According to a [...]
Decades ago, it was assumed that households approaching retirement did so with little or no debt. By the time the AARP membership cards began arriving in the mail, the mortgage was paid off (or very close to it), the kids had grown up, attended college and moved out, and there were no more child rearing [...]