Quotation for Today: Disabusing Americans of Another Fantastic Lie (Updated)

The quotation for today, across the jump, introduces us to an excellent follow-on article to the piece about retirement that was introduced in the previous Quotation for Today.

Quotation for Today: The 401k Confidence Game or Why We Must Have a Financially Strong Social Security

The urgent need for a financially strong Social Security program, one that will replace 75 percent of a person's final income, is captured in the quotation for today. 

Quotation for Today: Return of the Social Security and Medicare"Sharks"

Just when you thought it was safe to "get back in the water," we discover -- via the quotation for today -- that the Social Security and Medicare "sharks" have returned to the waters off "Social Security Island"; apologies to Peter Benchley and the producers of the movie, Jaws.

Quotation for Today: Moral Hazard - A Dog Whistle

The quotation for today opens a discussion about the somewhat arcane economic concept known as "moral hazard" and how it -- by excusing greed and selfishness -- is used to pervert our sense of community.

Quotation for Today: One-Percent Policy Pals

“They hit it off immediately. They became friends, pals, as they had a great deal in common.”

George Harris

Social Security and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer

This story is one filled with hypocrisy. It is a tale of a politician publicly advocating one thing while privately doing the opposite.

Quotation for Today

"Republicans are giving themselves whiplash on the issue of taxes: Republicans have one position on taxes for the wealthy and another position when it comes to everyone else." 


Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)


Mascaro, Lisa. "Republicans caught between a tax break and a hard place." Los Angeles Times 4 December 2011: online edition