Howie Carr and Charlie Baker 3/16/10
GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles D. Baker will join us in studio to talk about his plans for saving the Commonwealth.
“…the federal employees retirement where before a lot of employees didn't page. Social Security. . And it it sounds they have some federal worker could decide -- there why -- I Almonte go to the other ones …”
Registrar of RMV steps into the TerrorDome to answer tough questions
“…my driver's license online is a computer is not looking at my Social Security number but apparently -- another person. What this same exact name. Bit because they apparently have a very common source of last …”
Charley's points out the new Rasmussen poll and gets many callers to weigh in on Obama's performance.
“…Carolina and of course he's a Republican says. Well we've all get Social Security cars did just easily tampered with make them tamper proof that's all arms saying. In of course now the use. But. This …”
Our favorite Governor and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney will join us in studio to talk about his brand spanking new book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness
“…of of the corrective action well for instance let's take something like Social Security. . When someone retires there's a calculation made by government as to what your initial benefits should be. And they look at which you've contributed to social security and they inflate that. Now the insulator they used to do this calculation is the wage index. The wage index goes up a lot faster than does the Consumer Price Index the so called CPI. Well for wealthier people. Security shouldn't be using the wage index use the CPI. That will reduce the initial benefit calculation for those people who are not gonna be relying on Social Security. . As their sole source -- primary source of income. In retirement. That adjustment use in the CPI even just for higher income individuals. Brings Social Security two thirds to the point of being in balance and then extending the retirement age a year to. Would cover the rest of the out of the gap by the way. Great Britain made that decision some years ago not just for higher income individuals but for all of their recipients they said look let's let's use the CPI's aren't as -- later. And and that brings Social Security into balance. One last point on this Medicare who would you do about the unfunded liabilities in Medicare and bring you -- …”
“…America and so either and lay out for each of the three. Social Security Medicaid and Medicare what I believe is necessary to be done to bring the insisted in the sustainability. None of the changes …”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday President Obama will soon propose a health care bill that will be "much smaller" than the House bill but "big enough" to put the country on a "path" toward health care reform. Will the Democrats ever suceed in forcing national health care down our throats?
“…the -- proposal they've taken 52 billion and they credited for most social security and Medicare. How can you do that -- if you would. If you're -- this and a prayer for a private company …”
Lingering frustrations from the 2008 presidential campaign spilled over into the bipartisan health care summit this afternoon with a tense exchange between President Obama and his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain. Do you seriously think you can get good health care under a government system?
“…to study achieved. A hundred tips will result we -- Social Security. . If the budget already broken and meet the high yield thirty million people what he tried the magnolia though it eligible for …”
A Rhode Island school board has voted to clean house at Central Falls High School by firing the entire staff of 93, including all teachers, guidance counselors, p.e. instructors and the principal. The move makes Rhode Island one of the first states to meet a federal mandate to identify and overhaul poor performing schools. Did Rhode Island do the right thing?
“…every. Now everybody is that you know she didn't get any Social Security my mother paid her Social Security for taking care of us I mean you'll put in -- wages and Social Security associates a money. Now you're paying you have all this money is being spent. It in everybody's got these advanced degrees they're …”
President Barack Obama is putting forward a nearly $1 trillion, 10-year health care plan that would allow the government to deny or roll back egregious insurance premium increases that infuriated consumers. Should the President give up on healthcare?
“…get anything done when George Bush couldn't get anything done with reforming Social Security nobody was wringing their hands. In the chattering classes about the -- lack of bipartisanship. In DC it was just business as …”
TNT discuss gridlock in Washington DC
“…three days. The first one -- and a fairly. The second quarter social security and work and then this third quarters be that the education debate. This so the solution to arouse fear what needs to …”
“…very sensible legislative solutions to tax problems to welfare problems to -- Social Security problems and they came up. …”
Marking the anniversary of signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, President Obama said one year later, largely thanks to the legislation, "a second Depression is no longer a possibility," and that it has "rescued this economy from the worst of this crisis." Do you think the Stimulus Package has helped the economy?
“…ask them. Okay do you wanna cut the military you wanna cut Social Security do you wanna cut Medicare. That's 85%. Of of the federal budget they say no. What you wanna do we want tax …”
“…exactly this question. He talks about the problems of ever expanding entitlements Social Security Medicare Medicaid that call earlier Steve raised these same things. But where Steve was wrong is that when he said that people …”
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