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Tax Cuts can be found on the site youtube.com, for examples:[yt][/yt]  In case you missed it, something good actually passed in the Senate this week. I know, right? Grab a hand rail. They voted 51 to 48 to end the Bush era tax cuts for those with incomes over $250,000 – otherwise known as the [...]

Student Loan Rate Extension Passed can be found on the site youtube.com, for examples:[yt][/yt]Congress voted Friday to extend low 3.4% interest rates on federally subsidized student loans for another year, barely beating a July 1 deadline when the rates would double.. Berkley Pleased Student Loan Rates Won’t Double On Nevada Middle-Class Families, and Glad Designation [...]

Video about Student Loans can be found everywhere. This may not relevant, just tell what you thing about this video:[yt][/yt]Every day, it seems there is another story in the newspaper or on television warning about the doubling of the interest rates of federal student loans if Congress does not act by July 1. While that [...]

Video about Student Loans can be found everywhere. This may not relevant, just tell what you thing about this video: The outsiders make…the insiders take. Nothing much happened last week. Except that Ben Bernanke told investors that the fix was in…and the stock market went up. The chief of Americaand#226;and#128;and#153;s central bank told the world [...]

You know about Food Stamp Costs ? If you look after video, just try this: According to the CBO, 45 million Americans utilized food stamp assistance in 2011 – and those numbers are expected to… more. NEW YORK, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — With increased need, new report recommends tying city SNAP benefits [...]

You know about Retirement ? If you look after video, just try this: By Rep. Anne Thayer SC House District 9 All too often elected officials take a pass or the easy way out when they face difficult problems as they want to avoid political ramifications. This past week House Republicans and Democrats joined together [...]

You know about Medicare ? If you look after video, just try this: The Senate plans a floor vote on the Ryan budget at some undisclosed point. Initially the thought was it would come up this week, but now that has been pushed back to “sometime this month.” There are only two weeks left before [...]

You know about Medicare Overhaul ? If you look after video, just try this: Off the Table?: It doesn’t look like the Home Republicans’ plan to cut Medicare spending — providing seniors with a fixed amount of money with which they could purchase private insurance — is going to be a part of budget talks, [...]

You know about Medicare ? If you look after video, just try this: …and three other questions about physician care. Do Medicare patients have shorter waiting times than those with commercial insurance? In the 2010 survey, among those seeking an appointment, most beneficiaries (75 percent) and most privately insured individuals (72 percent) reported ?never? having [...]