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Robertson: Raise retirement age to 72 because ‘people really like to work’
Evangelist Pat Robertson weighed in the issue of Social Security’s long-term feasibility on The 700 Club Monday, advocating for the mandatory retirement age to be raised past 65 years of age, citing extended lifespans and advances in medicine. “Consequently [people] should be working longer and they should not begin retirement…
Protest causes GOP leader to cancel income inequality speech
Update: University disputes Cantor’s explanation for cancellation House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) canceled a planned speech about income inequality on Friday, after learning that his hosts at the University of Pennsylvania planned to make the event open to the public. The speech, largely anticipated to be the first major…
Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for eliminating corporate tax loopholes and tax breaks
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called for closing corporate tax loopholes and eliminating tax breaks for oil and gas companies Sunday after reports that General Electric and other giant corporations pay nothing or almost nothing in federal income taxes. According to The New York Times, General Electric made $14.2 billion in…
72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people
Inspector general: 72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people; 17,000 to prison inmates More than 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison, a government investigator says in a new report. The payments, which were part of last year’s massive economic recovery…
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