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The Obscenely Rich Men Bent on Shredding the Safety Net

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Lynn Stuart Parramore - Dec. 04 (News Analysis) - The Campaign to Fix the Debt is a huge, and growing, coalition of powerful CEOs, politicians and policy makers on a mission to lower taxes for the rich and cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid under the cover of concern about the national debt.

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Salaried GM retirees hit with 'grueling' pension changes

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

gazettextra.com - By Jim Leute - Jun. 22 (News Report) - A GM retirement group, however, is even more dramatic in its assessment of the changes, saying the automaker is "throwing its retirees under the bus and renouncing its promises to its most loyal former employees."

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Bain Capital and our screwed-up culture

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Fromma Harrop - May. 26 (Opinion) - The problem is not the profession. It's what one does in the course of business. But even among those intent on making it big, people with a conscience will not cross certain lines. Bain blew across them.

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The Truth About the U.S. Postal Service

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

nationofchange.org - By Jim Hightower - Mar. 28 (Opinion) - The USPS is an unmatched bargain, a civic treasure, a genuine public good that links all people and communities into one nation. So, naturally, it must be destroyed.

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Signs Your Pension Plan Is in Trouble

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

finance.yahoo.com - By Ellen Schultz - Feb. 13 (Special Report) - Your pension plan might be fat and happy, but if another company takes over your employer—and your pension—it can legally use the assets in your plan to top off an underfunded plan of its own. This strategy, though legal, is one of the quickest ways for your pension to go from healthy to distressed.

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Fact check: Cost of public sector pensions

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 30 (Research) - Debate is raging between government ministers and trade unions over how much public sector pensions cost the country - and whether they must be made less generous. Here are some common claims and counter-claims - and whether they are correct.

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