Demographicsandadd-onsMythNo.5:SocialSecuritywouldn'tbehavingproblemsifforeignersweren'tabletoclaimSocialSecuritybenefits.
Thenumberofcheckssentoverseasin2002totaled404,640--atinyfractionofthe53millionorsochecksSocialSecurityissuesannually.ManyofthosefolksmaywellbeAmericanswhoretiredabroad.SocialSecuritydoesn'tbreakdowntheoverseaschecksbycitizenship.Inanycase,foreignworkerswholiveintheUnitedSt...[阅读全文]
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人生如一盘棋局，琢磨着继续着，具有洞察力，和一颗平和宽容的心。尽了力就可以了，没有绝对的输赢
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(2007-01-23 09:00:56)
(2007-01-23 08:57:34)
MythNo.4:SocialSecuritywillrunoutofmoneyin2042.
SocialSecuritywillstillbereceivingpayrolltaxesfromworkersin2042.WhatmayhavedisappearedbythenaretheassetsintheSocialSecuritytrustfund.Eventhatisn'tcastinstone,however.TheCongressionalBudgetOfficeinJuneprojectedthatthetrustfundwouldn'tdryupuntil10yearslater,in2052.TheCBOuseddifferentassumptionsthanthoseusedbytheSocialSecurityAdministration,projecti...[阅读全文]
SocialSecuritywillstillbereceivingpayrolltaxesfromworkersin2042.WhatmayhavedisappearedbythenaretheassetsintheSocialSecuritytrustfund.Eventhatisn'tcastinstone,however.TheCongressionalBudgetOfficeinJuneprojectedthatthetrustfundwouldn'tdryupuntil10yearslater,in2052.TheCBOuseddifferentassumptionsthanthoseusedbytheSocialSecurityAdministration,projecti...[阅读全文]
(2007-01-23 08:55:27)
LifeexpectancyanddisappearingassetsMythNo.3:Age65waspickedastheretirementagebecausewhenSocialSecuritywasstartedinthe1930s,mostpeopleweredeadbythen.Theaveragelifeexpectancyforababygirlbornin1935wasabout63years.Forababyboy,itwasabout59years.
Butthosestatisticsreflectthehigherinfantandchildmortalityratesofthetimes.Ifyousurvivedchildhood,youhadagoodshotoflivingbeyondretirementage.Menwholivedtoage3...[阅读全文]
Butthosestatisticsreflectthehigherinfantandchildmortalityratesofthetimes.Ifyousurvivedchildhood,youhadagoodshotoflivingbeyondretirementage.Menwholivedtoage3...[阅读全文]
(2007-01-23 08:53:04)
MythNo.2:Congressdoesn'tpayintoSocialSecurity,soitdoesn'tcareaboutfixingthecrisis.
TheideathatU.S.lawmakersdon'tpayintoSocialSecurityis20yearsoutofdate.Before1984,U.S.representativesandsenators--likeallotherfederalemployees--weren'tcoveredbySocialSecurityanddidn'tpayintothesystem.Congresspassedalawin1983,whichtookeffectthenextyear,requiringallitsmembers(andallfederalemployeeshiredafterthatyear...[阅读全文]
TheideathatU.S.lawmakersdon'tpayintoSocialSecurityis20yearsoutofdate.Before1984,U.S.representativesandsenators--likeallotherfederalemployees--weren'tcoveredbySocialSecurityanddidn'tpayintothesystem.Congresspassedalawin1983,whichtookeffectthenextyear,requiringallitsmembers(andallfederalemployeeshiredafterthatyear...[阅读全文]
(2007-01-23 08:51:49)
Youcan'twriteaboutSocialSecurityandnotgetfloodedwithangrye-mailsrepresentingallpointsofthepoliticalspectrum.Fromthosewhodubit"SocialistInsecurity"tothosewhoholdtheircheckstobeaninalienableright,peopleoftenhavepassionateandfirmlyheldbeliefsaboutthesystem.
Unfortunately,sometimesthosebeliefsarebasedonmyths.Intheinterestofmorehonestdebate,let'sreviewsomeoftheselegends.
Whatisn'tinth...[阅读全文]
Unfortunately,sometimesthosebeliefsarebasedonmyths.Intheinterestofmorehonestdebate,let'sreviewsomeoftheselegends.
Whatisn'tinth...[阅读全文]
(2007-01-22 15:37:11)
网络里的人穿马甲不相识，读到敏感的字眼，立马出手，抛出大小砖头，讨个公道。“外地人”，“外嫁的”，“中国人”，“中国男人”，“大陆人”，“台湾人”，“上海人”等群体概念，被直截了当的用在负面意见里。一耙子打到了好几万人，几十万人。如果是批评“中国人”时，这威力可大了去了，十几亿人被一个帖子砸倒了，哪里是萨达姆的WMD比得了的。看过跨坛[阅读全文]
(2007-01-21 16:29:06)
俺是上班族，就想简单省事。经常搞点胡做胡吃的菜。今天的开胃小菜是油炸小银鱼。
要点：弱火，在平底锅上放少量的食用油，把超市买的小银鱼干在锅中放匀，待变成浅棕色，拿出放在盘中，用餐巾纸把多余的油吸走。
开胃饮料是SmirnoffIce.和小银鱼搭配在一起，口感非常好。酒杯就随便用了。。
啥？您问主菜，没有！一人吃饱，全家吃好！
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(2007-01-21 09:09:08)
曾经的理想职业是做个行销顾问，在国内或美国这个行当里都混了两，三年。当初跑到美国来头一门课就是消费者心理学。有时候想起来可笑，市场营销是个“空手套白狼”的行当。只要细分了市场，给产品定位好，外加几句华丽词藻，就会勾的大家快掏钱吧！[阅读全文]
(2007-01-21 08:50:17)
记不起这句话来自于老上海滩的百乐门，还是琼瑶的歌，总之就是俺喜欢的靡靡之音。其实，把美酒加入咖啡中是一种独特的好饮品。
咖啡品种可选家常型，口感轻重自定：Columbia,Kenya，Java,HouseBlend或者是名品,suchasHawai'iKona,JamacanBlueMontain,andsoon.自家研磨或买粉状。
美酒是苏格兰奶油威士忌：Bailey'sIrisCreamWhisky,其他品牌也可。做好咖啡后，放少许IrisCreamWhisky，做到壁炉旁[阅读全文]
(2007-01-20 21:02:56)
一直以来，都非常喜欢电影日瓦格医生。电影所讲的历史的背景特殊，对我来说比较难懂，第三遍时才上下贯通。诗一样的情怀，宏大的场面，动人的故事，堪为经典。特别喜欢她的主题曲，拉娜之歌。最欣赏的一个画面是春天来了，遍野的黄花绽放了，这时，乐曲响起，那份感动，每次想起来都会心动。淋漓尽致的反映出对美好生活的向往和追求。
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