http://www.age-usa.org/articles Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:12:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en footer { FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif } TD.footer { FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif } A.footer { FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #000066; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif } FONT.emailHeader { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: #cc6633; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif } bgc1 { BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f4f4 } TD.bgc1 { BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f4f4 } ... http://www.age-usa.org/articles/2008/09/18/following-japan-down-the-slippery-slope/ By Paul S. Hewitt   America’s aging and health policies have set the stage for an epochal conflict of generational interests whose fallout could include rampant class warfare, exploding budget deficits, and ultimately much diminished retirement income security for those ... http://www.age-usa.org/articles/2007/08/17/a-conflict-of-generational-interests/ by Richard D. Lamm I have just participated in the greatest embezzlement in all of history. In my seventy plus years, I have never seen such a perfect crime. Like most other master criminals, I am heady with success and feel a need to brag. I kid you not — never ... http://www.age-usa.org/articles/2007/07/13/crime-of-the-century/ by Paul S. Hewitt Readers are encouraged to review the recent commentary, "British bomb plot and Michael Moore-style health care" by Mark Steyn, a contributor to the reliably conservative -- and usually informative -- op-ed page of the Orange County Register. Steyn delivers a depressingly two-dimensional analysis: Britain's latest would-be ... http://www.age-usa.org/articles/2007/07/12/conservative-brainlock/ By Paul Hewitt The Boomers are coming. Comptroller General David Walker - the closest thing America has to the original Paul Revere - has been barnstorming the country warning about the intergenerational implications of budget deficits and "unfunded liabilities" under Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. A new study by ... http://www.age-usa.org/articles/2007/06/19/downward-mobility/