Monday, October 23, 2017

@12:35, 10/21/17

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U.S.

Republicans Consider Sharp Cut in 401(k) Contribution Limits

A move to reduce contribution limits would almost certainly prompt a vocal backlash from middle-class workers who save heavily in such retirement accounts.

Doing so would force all to work until they dropped.
It is not a desirable action.

2
Opinion

America’s Best University President

Robert Zimmer, head of the University of Chicago, makes the educator’s case for free speech.

Consider "fresh water economics".

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/23/business/fresh-water-economists-gain.html

https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=fresh+water+economists

53 results.

https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/18/is-our-economists-learning-2/

3
Travel

Vacationing in the United States? Be Warned, Some Countries Say

Mass shootings, potential terrorist attacks and natural disasters lead to a spate of new travel advisories.

Such will continue.  

I am not looking for a vacation.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vacation
(US, law) The act of making legally void.

4
Health

I.R.S. Says It Will Reject Tax Returns that Lack Health Insurance Disclosure

The agency says it won’t accept individual tax returns that don’t meet requirements under the Affordable Care Act.

"Despite President Trump’s pronouncements, not only is Obamacare not dead, there are signs that his administration is keeping it alive.
In the latest signal that the Affordable Care Act is still law, the Internal Revenue Service said this week that it is taking steps to enforce the most controversial provision: the tax penalty people face if they refuse to obtain health insurance."

5

World

Memoir of Growing Up Fat Forces France to Look in the Mirror

Gabrielle Deydier’s plaintive account and sociological study exposes the many ways the obese face censure and insensitivity.

Lying has become part of culture.

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Business Day

The Finger-Pointing at the Finance Firm TIAA

Ex-employees and whistle-blowers question whether the provider of investment advice to people in public and nonprofit jobs does put its customers first.

TIAA is being run by thieves dressed as Republicans.
Republicanism may be essential to these managers existence.

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Opinion

The Silver Lining in Trump’s Health Care ‘Sabotage’

By cutting an insurers’ subsidy, the president may accidentally save many Americans money on health insurance.

Health insurance is a lie.
Health is not an insurable risk.

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N.Y. / Region

In New York, an Influential First Lady Redefines the Position

Chirlane McCray, the wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio, has far extended the boundaries of what a first lady does in the city.

Yes.

9
Opinion

Texas Pulls Up the Welcome Mat

Some have asserted that President Trump is simply continuing Obama-era immigration policies. But it sure doesn’t feel like it in Texas.

I have noticed.

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U.S.

For Nikki Haley, an Establishment Tutorial in Statecraft

At a panel discussion, former secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine K. Albright coached President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations.

The Lesson is required.
It probably conflicts with the continued employment of Nikki Haley as U.N. ambassador.



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