Budget Cuts

2008 Ends With Alarming Retirement Benefit Trends

Mark Miller | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business

Read More: 401(K), 403(B), Retirement Funds, Employee Benefits, Saving for Retirement, Budget Cuts, Economy, Corporate Budget, Pensions, Retirement Savings Plans, Financial Crisis, Personal Bank Account, Personal Finance, Recession, Business News
Mark Miller

Unlike traditional pensions, employers have the flexibility to stop or start matching 401(k) contributions as they like. It's a relatively obvious target for cuts in a severe economic crisis.

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Celebrate Anyway

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Holidays, Psychology, Ritual, Spirituality, Christmas, Holiday Party, Christmas Rituals, Holiday Spirit, Holiday Rituals, Budget Cuts, Christmas Commentary, Potluck Dinner, Office Party, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

A friend of mine works at a successful New York City advertising firm. When her firm had to make some cuts to the budget, I was impressed at how they...

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Schools Facing Big Budget Bust: Opportunity for Overhaul?

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Education, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Budget Cuts, Economy, Teacher Layoffs, State Budgets, Education Financial Crisis, School Budget, Education and the Recession, Education Budget, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

While far from easy, states with courageous governors could use this crisis to make a radical change: cut the budget by 10% and send the money directly to schools.

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Going the Wrong Way

Richard C. Thompson | Posted 11.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Animals, East Hampton, Abandoned Pets, Pets, Budget Cuts, Economy, Voting, Living News
Richard C. Thompson

Whenever we go through hard economic times, more pets are abandoned. People lose their homes and can't take their pets with them.

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Sam Stein

Palin: Does Obama Think Terrorists Are The Good Guys?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Terrorists, Palin Obama, Budget Cuts, Terrorist Friends, Obama Terrosist Friends, Palin Terrorism, Sarah Palin, Palin Obama Rhetoric, Politics News

With one day to go until the election's conclusion, Sarah Palin has really ramped up her rhetoric, suggesting during a stop on Monday that Barack Obam...

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Oprah Endorses Amazon's Kindle: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 27, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 10.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Oprah, Budget Cuts, Microsoft, Silverlight, Mediabytes, Cell Phone, Steamboat Ventures, Shelly Palmer, Watch Instantly, Kindle, Dan Beldy, ABC News, Fighter Jet, Media News, Netflix, Cox, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Dan Beldy, Managing Director of Steamboat Ventures told me at lunch that he is thinking about putting together a consortium to lease their own fight...

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Neediest Hit Hardest By State Budget Cuts

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg, Ashley Surdin | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: State Budgets, Real Estate Transfer Taxes, Health Care Costs, Weak Economy, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Recession, Property Taxes, Budget Cuts, Energy Bills, Tax Revenue, Business News

In California's San Fernando Valley, Everardo Orozco, 53, who has AIDS, exhausted his medical benefits and can no longer afford the drugs that are kee...

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School-Level Cuts Hit New York City; Why, Bloomberg, Why???

Dan Brown | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Principal, Department of Education, New York Daily News, Randi Weingarten, Budget Cuts, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, School Reform, Joel Klein, Uft, New York Times, Teachers Union, New York City, Tweed, Politics News
Dan Brown

This is not about keeping a stock's price afloat; you are cutting kids' after-school programs, guidance counselors, smaller classes, computers. Erasing these entities will incontrovertibly have an effect, and a terrible one at that.

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Michael Roston

Before Fires, Bush Cut Fire Preparedness Budgets, Outsourced Forest Service Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Outsourcing, California Fires, California, Budget Cuts, Wildfires, Breaking Political News, San Diego Wildfires, Forest Service, Politics News

After President George W. Bush's visit to southern California, the post-Katrina Federal Emergency Management Agency is getting good reviews for its he...

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