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AdvisorOne CBO: Tax Hikes, Defense Cuts, and Slow Growth — One Vision for the FutureHuffington PostHowever, there's some bad news: that CBO projection depends upon a number of assumptions, including improved economic growth, no "doc fixes" for Medicare, a decrease in defense spending, and the expiration of the Bush tax-cuts.How to control the budget deficit? ...

SecondAct (satire) (blog) What Obama should be saying about Social SecurityReutersBy Mark Miller (Reuters) – The remaining major Republican presidential contenders managed to escape their debate prior to Tuesday's Florida primary without being asked to answer a single question about Social Security. That's remarkable, considering …Social Security Trust Fund Outlook Takes $1 Tril DiveInvestor’s Business ...

Allentown Morning Call Does the payroll tax cut hurt the Social Security Trust Fund?Allentown Morning CallIn December, the chief actuary for Social Security Administration, Stephen C. Goss, said in a letter that the trust fund "would be unaffected by enactment" of the payroll tax cuts. The cuts, which were in effect throughout 2011, allowed workers ...

USA TODAY IRS tax fraud crackdown targets identity thievesUSA TODAYThose totals represent a jump from 2010, when the IRS said it stopped 48966 returns for confirmed identity theft and halted $247 million in related tax refunds. Suspected identity thieves buy or otherwise obtain taxpayer Social Security numbers from …IRS Spearheads Bid to Head Off ID ...

Jeb Bush Lobbied On Behalf Of Infamous Medicare Swindler, Says Former HHS …Huffington PostWASHINGTON — Jeb Bush personally lobbied the secretary of health and human services while his father was vice president on behalf of a hospital executive who would later be accused of defrauding the government of hundreds of millions of Medicare … and ...

Accounting Today Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Close Newt Gingrich Medicare Tax 'Loophole'Accounting TodayThe bill would close off a wrinkle in the Tax Code that allows self-employed individuals, including lobbyists, to lower their Medicare payroll tax liability by classifying earnings as profits or dividends, instead of as wages.Rep. Stark targets Medicare tax loophole used by GingrichThe ...

Business Insider Kuwaiti Social Security Fund Buys Luxury Apartment Building in ManhattanBloombergThe investment arm of Kuwait's social-security system bought a luxury apartment building in Manhattan's Noho neighborhood, as demand for multifamily properties surges, two people with knowledge of the deal said. Wafra Investment Advisory Group Inc.A Kuwaiti Investment Firm Just Bought A 114-Unit Luxury Apartment ...

Baltimore Sun J. Robert Brown, Social Security judgeBaltimore SunBy Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun J. Robert Brown, a retired attorney and Social Security Administration judge, died of stroke complications Saturday at the Lorian Health System Mays Chapel. He was 85 and lived in Timonium. and more »...

Ryan: New GOP budget to be released in March will build off previous year …Fox News (blog)… eliminating $800 billion in tax increases by repealing President Obama's health care plan, eliminating deductions on tax returns while setting a top tax rate both for individuals and businesses of 25 percent and reforming entitlements like Medicare …Congressional ...

Bloomberg Boehner Predicts Congress Will Extend Payroll Tax-ReductionBusinessWeek29 (Bloomberg) — House Speaker John Boehner said he's confident that Republicans and Democrats in Congress will agree to a payroll tax-cut extension supported by President Barack Obama. “We are in a formal conference with the Senate, and I'm confident …Boehner Says He's Confident Congress Will Pass Payroll ...