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Federal judge: Balt. police and fire pensions harmed
A Maryland federal judge ruled Tuesday that some Baltimore public employees' pensions were harmed by the city's elimination last year of payments tied to market returns. U.S. District Court Judge Marvin J. Garbis decided that police and firefighters...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Interior Policy, Trials
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Democrats offer the wrong solutions to the budget deficit
Whether the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — the so-called supercommittee — reaches a deal to reduce the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion or stalemates on Nov. 23, Democrats appear intent on handicapping the national...Tags: Labor Markets, Armed Forces, Afghanistan, Democratic Party, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, but privatizing it won't help
When established in 1935, Social Security made its first payments to Americans age 65. These first recipients never contributed and were paid from contributions made by younger Americans. Those Americans and successive generations believed their...Tags: Executive Branch, Corporate Crime, Facebook, Retirement, National Government
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A way around the debt-limit impasse
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the United States does not have to default on its debt, and the Social Security and Medicare checks can continue to go out, even if Republicans and President Barack Obama cannot strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling by...Tags: Federal Reserve, Republican Party, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Government Health Care
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Candidate Rolley battles City Hall over wife's pay for leave
Baltimore officials are demanding $26,000 from the wife of mayoral challenger Otis Rolley, claiming that she improperly took paid leave that she was not owed — but the candidate and his wife say she was forced from her city job as part of what...Tags: Bernard C. Young, Primaries, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Trips and Vacations, Labor Legislation
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Inspector general reports more investigations, savings
Investigations into charges of fraud, waste and unethical behavior saved Baltimore nearly $1.6 million over the last year, the city's inspector general said in a report issued Monday. That's nearly three times the $538,615 annual budget of the six-...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Public Employees, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Budgets and Budgeting, Theft
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Federal workers fret over debt talks
As the president and the speaker of the House intensified their debate over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling Monday night, the real world impact was reflected among Maryland federal workers like Jacqueline Hamilton. After 44 years of...Tags: Republican Party, Justice System, John Boehner, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Democratic Party
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Arundel councilman pleads guilty to federal tax charge
An Anne Arundel County councilman pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to a charge that he failed to file several personal and business tax returns over the course of six years. Councilman Daryl D. Jones, a Democrat from Severn who is serving his...Tags: Republican Party, Justice System, Lawyers, Personal Income, Maryland
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Game change: For longtime journalist, a very different role
After a long time wandering in the wilderness, with no movie or TV production under way in Maryland, local actors, technicians, caterers, drivers, set builders and hospitality professionals are back to work with the production in Baltimore of the HBO...Tags: Television, Movies, Sarah Palin, Collective Contract, HBO (tv network)
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Edgewood woman gets 6 years in jail for bank fraud, identity theft
An Edgewood woman who prosecutors say was the ringleader of a bank fraud and identity theft scheme was sentenced in federal court last week to six years in prison for her role in the conspiracy. According to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office, U.S....Tags: Justice System, Employment Opportunities, Banking, Lawyers, Corporate Crime
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Aberdeen woman to serve 5 years for welfare theft
Sharre Anne Jones of Aberdeen will serve five years in the Maryland Division of Corrections for stealing $8,332 in Social Security Supplemental Security Income intended for her disabled 13-year-old grandson, Harford County State's Attorney Joseph Cassilly...Tags: Aberdeen, Justice System, Lawyers, Theft, Judges
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Social Security actually one-ups Ponzi
There have been recent accusations by some politicians running for president that Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme." Others say this type of talk is a politically motivated scare tactic. Let's examine the facts. Charles Ponzi was an Italian...Tags: Corporate Crime, Employees, Social Security, Government, Fraud
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