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The boomers' queasy future

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The US has achieved a federal budget surplus, while the social security system faces financial strains and possible bankruptcy in 2032. There are no easy solutions to the problem of funding Medicare and Social Security. Medicare costs are rising as people live longer and technology advances. Demographic factors will put pressure on Social Security, and the cushion that Trust Funds provide will not last indefinitely. A move from pay-as-you-go will mean that workers will have to pay for the retired and for their own retirement, while privatization means higher administrative costs.

United States, Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs), Social Security, Finance

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A tale of two lobbies: why do two similar countries disagree so profoundly about guns?

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The UK and the US have many similarities, but they seem worlds apart on the question of gun control. A massacre of school children in Scotland is leading to even stricter control in the UK, but little control legislation has been able to pass in the US, primarily because of the gun lobby.

Editorial, United Kingdom, International aspects, Gun control

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A lesson for the world

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Since Bill Clinton's 1996 welfare-reform bill, the number of people on welfare has fallen from 12.2 mil in 1996 to 5.8 mil in Jun 2000. More young unmarried mothers are working, teenage pregnancies are down and more poor parents are married.

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