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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mel221 who wrote (131304)	2/26/2013 11:49:51 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

My reference to 70K is Schedule C income... from there, I subtract deductions and 401K contributions and then add income from the portfolio. So, all I have to do is keep my MAGI below 60,000 and all is very well. And Just for fun, set your income to 63000. Good on you.

To: mel221 who wrote (131304)	2/27/2013 12:56:50 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

But the politics of one core dispute between Democrats and Republicans — what to do about Medicare — are changing. And some of those changes complicate President Obama’s agenda, even as he continues to flex his postelection muscle. One shift is the shrinking magnitude of the Medicare spending problem — a consequence, at least for now, of a recent slowdown in the rise of health care costs. That diminishes the willingness of Congressional Democrats, and perhaps the administration, too, to accept the sort of Medicare curbs that Mr. Obama has indicated that he favors.Another is a moderation in the public stance of Republican leaders. In recent weeks, they have advocated smaller changes to Medicare than the “premium support” or voucher plan that Mitt Romney advocated and that Mr. Obama denounced in last year’s presidential campaign. As a result, Mr. Obama’s ability to deliver a bipartisan compromise on entitlement spending may be waning even as Republicans edge closer to one. The reduction in Medicare spending levels is the more drastic change. nytimes.com