Tax Burdens - How Social Welfare Affects Quality of Life!

So just how much of our average eight-hour work day is spent earning money that goes to pay federal, state and local taxes? It may come as no surprise that nationwide, the average is 2 hours and 46 minutes - more than halfway to the lunch hour. Where do people work longest for taxes?
When adding the additional 15% burden of Payroll Taxes, many workers labor over 1/2 a day for Uncle Sam.
Source: Tax Foundation 04/24

- Diet doctor Robert C. Atkins dies at 72 -

Dr. Robert C. Atkins, a cardiologist who devised a controversial diet favoring pork chops over pasta and butter over bran, which more than 30 million Americans have tried, died Thursday at New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center.
Star Tribune 04/21

- Bob Hope's centennial party building to full swing -

Bob Hope turns 100 on May 29, but the celebrations already have begun...Hope was named Citizen of the Century by the Hollywood Walk of Fame this week.
USA Today 04/18

- Orwell Redux - Your Medical ID Number From The Health Sciences Institute -

If you're a U.S. citizen, as of today (4.14.03) you now have a medical identification number. Some will tell you that your new ID number helps protect your privacy. And while to some extent it does, the protections are largely superficial. The disturbing truth is that your medical privacy is now beyond your control.
Sierra Times 04/18

We all want to see 100, right?

Nearly two-thirds of adults want to live to be 100 years old, although just 8% expect to; men ages 18 to 36 are the most interested, with 73% saying they want to celebrate their 100th birthday.
USA Today: Alliance for Aging 04/17

- Successful aging: taking precautions to avoid falls -

My 82-year-old mother lives alone. This past year she has fallen twice. Fortunately, she only suffered bruises. I am very worried about her safety. Are there some things I can do to prevent a calamity?
Daily Breeze 04/17

- Never too old to play the market -

THE elderly get a raw deal when they apply for mortgages, personal loans, and travel insurance. But investment is one area of personal finance in which age discrimination should not apply.
London Times 04/17

- Social Security choice group to launch tour of Pennsylvania! -

Social Security Choice.org is embarking on its first Town Hall Tour on Social Security Reform covering eight cities statewide throughout Pennsylvania. The kickoff will be at Penn State University, State College, PA on April 24. The Tour will run through June.
Social Security Choice 04/16

- You Shouldn't Live So Long -

President's Council on Bioethics asks, Who wants to live forever anyway?
Reason On-Line 04/15

- Age-Retardation: Scientific Possibilities and moral challenges -

The inevitability of aging, and with it the specter of dying, has always haunted human life; and the desire to overcome age, and even to defy death, has long been a human dream.
President's Council on BioEthics 04/15

- New Senate Bill to Roll Back 1993 Social Security Tax Increase -

the Social Security Tax Equity Act of 2003 will reverse the section of former President Bill Clinton's 1993 tax increase, which hiked taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors.
Americans for Tax Reform 04/16

- Successful Aging: Couple considers leaving home of 30 years -

Flu shots may do more for the elderly than fend off the flu bug — they also protect against heart disease and stroke, research shows.
Daily Breeze 04/07

- Successful Aging: Couple considers leaving home of 30 years -

Flu shots may do more for the elderly than fend off the flu bug — they also protect against heart disease and stroke, research shows.
Daily Breeze 04/07

- Study: Flu shots prevent heart disease, strokes in elderly -

Flu shots may do more for the elderly than fend off the flu bug — they also protect against heart disease and stroke, research shows.
USA Today 04/04

- Social Security Movement Loses Champion Patrick Moynihan -

Moynihan proposed adding voluntary accounts to the (social security) program.
Cato Institute 04/03

- Medicaid cuts may evict immigrants from nursing homes today -

An estimated 120 elderly Coloradans could be evicted from nursing homes today, the result of state budget cuts to Medicaid.
Denver Post 04/02

- Emotion sickness -

According to new research the state of our relationship actually does affect our physical health — and not just because of the sleeplessness and poor diet that unhappiness brings
London Times 04/02

- Banks deny older people credit -

YOU have a whiter than white credit history, you own your own home and have a highly secure income, yet applications for an unsecured personal loan are declined.
London Times 04/02

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