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- Saving Retirement in Michigan
Responsible Alternatives to Social Security
Summary: Social Security is going bankrupt, threatening the financial security of Michigan citizens. Retiring Baby Boomers are estimated to double the number of retirees in America by 2015, when Social Security will no longer collect enough in taxes to pay the benefits promised to recipients.
Privatizing Social Security-allowing individuals to privately invest their own retirement savings-can avert the financial crisis. Countries including Chile and Great Britain have privatized all or part of their state pension programs, yielding retiree benefits much higher than the government systems, including Social Security's paltry 2.2 percent annual rate of return.
This study recommends that the Michigan Legislature call on Congress to either privatize Social Security or allow Michigan to design for its citizens a sounder and more beneficial retirement plan.
Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Dec. 24, 1998. Type: Study.
- Washington Should Kick the Mandate Habit:
The Fiscal Impact of Medicaid Mandates on Michigan
Summary: Unfunded mandates forced on state governments by Congress pose a substantial challenge to both their budgets and their fiscal sovereignty. Nearly one-third of the growth in Michigan state government revenue for 1993 was consumed by the cost of federal Medicaid mandates alone. The authors' recommendations include the creation of a mandate ombudsman and database, requirements that Congress determine the cost of mandates before passing them, and a call for Michigan's federal representatives to appear before the state legislature to explain their positions on mandate issues. 17 pages.
Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: May 15, 1993. Type: Study.
- The Luckiest ZIP Code in Michigan
Summary: Apparently in terms of federal stimulus money and thousands of new jobs allegedly created, the luckiest place in Michigan to live is in the 48933 zip code. According to the U.S. Postal Service website, 48933 is none other than Lansing, our state capital.
Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Nov. 17, 2009. Type: General Article.
- From South Detroit to Shockandawe
Politicians fudging on job stats is getting to be a habit
Summary: A pattern of sorts is starting to emerge: When one hears numbers of “jobs created or saved” by various government programs, it appears to be more and more likely that such numbers were pulled by someone out of the vicinity of his or her own back pocket.
Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Nov. 17, 2009. Type: General Article.
- Stimulating! Ten New Congressional Districts in Michigan!
Summary: My colleagues at Watchdog.org and its state-level affiliates were the first in the nation to break the story that the $787 billion federal stimulus package "has doubled the size of the House of Representatives, according to Recovery.gov, which says that funds were distributed to 440 congressional districts that do not exist."
Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Nov. 17, 2009. Type: General Article.
- The Horror of It All
Congress, the Founders, and Stephen King
Summary: The U.S. House of Representatives has just posted on the Internet its health care overhaul bill, HR 3962, “To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, etc.” All 1990 impenetrable pages of it. But this bill isn’t just longer than a Stephen King novel, it’s also scarier, because aside from the title, this tome is all nonfiction. 
Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Oct. 29, 2009. Type: General Article.
- Changes to Michigan Wetland Law Same Old Song
Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Oct. 23, 2009. Type: General Article.
- The Corporatism of Nike and Apple
Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Oct. 20, 2009. Type: General Article.
- Summer of Discontent: Stimulus Money Leads to Payday Mayhem
Summary: Hundreds and maybe even thousands of young people in Detroit apparently had to stand in lines and in the rain for up to four hours to receive paychecks for their summer jobs. Others did not know where to find their checks. Still others didn't get their paychecks at all. And on several occasions, police were called in for crowd control. The payday mayhem is just one of the many findings of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Oct. 16, 2009. Type: General Article.
- Journalism or Propaganda?
Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Sep. 17, 2009. Type: General Article.
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