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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141218

So personal savings can only go so far for these individuals. At the same time though Social Security treat single women far less well than it does married women so they are not getting much help from that end of things either. Thats one reason i and others have proposed reforming Social Security to provide a flat universal benefit for all retirees regardless of income participation. On top of that individual would save in accounts provided through their employer or of not available through the government. This approach is qualitatively similar to that of the u. K. Australia canada and new zealand. In the u. S. Context you can affordably reduce the elderly poverty rate from todays level of roughly 9 to approximately 0 while increasing the Retirement Savings among the middle and high highincome workers who truly sho ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141218

At seven pm eastern. Coming up, the Senate Finance Committee Hears testimony. Tax and retirement policy analysts speak about the gap between how much americans are saving and savings needed. This runs two hours. The finance committee will come to order. When you take a look at the state of Retirement Savings in america, america, it is clear that something is out of whack. The american taxpayer delivers 140 140 billion each year to subsidize retirement accounts, but still millions of americans nearing retirement have little or nothing saved. The fact is, the, the incentives for saving and the american tax code just are not getting to those in need them most. A pair of new studies spells out the issue. The Federal Reserve found last month that an employee with m ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141218

The proposed rule is based on the early hundreds of studies that demonstrate the current standard is not protected. The studies employed multiple scientific methods and models as mentioned by previous speakers but the data are clear. The current ozone standard is not productive, protective of Public Health and the epa must issue a more protective standard. Thank you. Thank you very much doctor. Let me ask a few questions and let me start with dr. Weil nas. You have done some impressive work in rhode island studying heat related deaths and hospitalizations. Is ozone formulation, is ozone formation exacerbated by Climate Change in your view and what is the linkage between added heat and added ozone . Thank you senator for that question. At a local question in rhode island. In rhode island but we have looked at is the relationship between warm temperatures and extreme heat and th ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141223

Know, the holy grail of i. T. Used to be four ts which still allows you time to update your systems, take them down if you need to, but you cant take down a water pump to update or patch the latest, you cant take down the water pump thats feeding the washington area, so it makes it very hard to align the needs of i. T. And opt t. , and that creates o. T. And that creates gaps that people looking to create nuisance can exploit. In the nearterm, mediumterm, the first thing is that nist met your name in report, Matt Skolnick to come up with a definition in a good way, yes. Any to come up with a dolby the definition for this government. The reports go to the president and recommendations have to be at the president ial level and actionable for the president. Its not going to be director private sector. It would what can the government do in certain areas. The first one was that nist should find for the u. S. Government what iot is. Its ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Retirement Savings Policy 20150105

Saving for retirement and savings stated after retirement. And you reap lord says americans s accounts are rising. This is just under two hours. The finance committee will come to order. Would you take a look at the state of Retirement Savings in america, it is clear that something is out of whack. The american taxpayer subsidizes retirement accounts. Still millions of americans nearing retirement have little or nothing saved. The fact is the incentives and savings in the american tax code are not getting to those who need them most. Of the pack savings has about 59,000 set aside for retirement. According to the Government Accountability office, 9000 taxpayers have fire a ira accounts worth 5 million. It would take several lifetimes of work for the typical middleclass american to save that much money. How did the massive ira accounts come to be . In many cases ....

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