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303Surprise. Surprise. Surprise. Actually I'm not and I won't be surprised Constant Reader-9/21/2005
302well there you go... "half a loaf is better than none' no real guaranMulhollandDrive-9/21/2005
301another common sense article on the perils of policy <i>induced</i>MulhollandDrive-9/21/2005
300There is also an under-funding provision, I believe, that allows the PBGC to redConstant Reader-9/21/2005
299I read something a day or two ago that said about half the houses in New OrleansConstant Reader-9/21/2005
298washingtonpost.com Experts Say Faulty Levees Caused Much of Flooding By MichaelLane3-9/21/2005
297not a bad sum.... however if more and more pensions (thinking specifically abouMulhollandDrive-9/21/2005
296<i>politically unthinkable to hold victims responsible for their own behavLane3-9/21/2005
295Bingo! Give that woman a Dewey button.Constant Reader-9/21/2005
294Thanks MD, you were right. I found a table of maximum payments for different retConstant Reader-9/21/2005
293Low interest loans haven't been as much of a benefit lately as they used to Lane3-9/21/2005
292<i>Actually, I was always under the impression that most of the federal aiMulhollandDrive-9/21/2005
291<i>Why do you suppose it's politically unthinkable to pay people who bMulhollandDrive-9/21/2005
290Because most people don't buy the insurance under the current system and theConstant Reader-9/21/2005
289hi CR... <i>was that if the pilot waited (and could afford to wait) untilMulhollandDrive-9/21/2005
288Why do you suppose it's politically unthinkable to pay people who buy insuraLane3-9/21/2005
287 Constant Reader-9/21/2005
286<i>Of course, the pension amounts that comes from the fund is much lower tConstant Reader-9/21/2005
285According to a friend of mine who has been doing volunteer search and rescue in Constant Reader-9/21/2005
284As you know, scandal has finally hit the Bush White House, with charges being fiConstant Reader-9/21/2005
283For years, I have listened to my husband predict exactly what we are seeing (andRambi-9/21/2005
282>>But the truth is that, after a disaster like Katrina, the federal governLane3-9/21/2005
281Let's hope every other governor has learned from those mistakes as well! I&#Constant Reader-9/21/2005
280Another Washington Post columnist, economist Robert J. Samuelson, discusses poveConstant Reader-9/21/2005
279While we are on the subject, the Washington Post editorialized about flood insurConstant Reader-9/21/2005
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