"To fix Social Security, we should first stop……" — Steven Rattner
"To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates the impact of inflation and has also led to larger increases in benefits for Social Security recipients than the income gains of typical American workers."
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22 Quotes by Steven Rattner
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The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.
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Indias rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities.
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Well, maybe not death panels, exactly, but unless we start allocating health-care resources more prudently – rationing, by its proper…
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.
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China has lunged into the 21st century, while India is still lurching toward it.
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Most troublesome is the legalization of 'crowd funding,' the ability of start-up companies to raise capital from small investors on…
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Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.
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The largest number of jobs likely to be created by the JOBS Act will be for lawyers needed to clean…
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As a beneficiary of the carried interest loophole, I've seen firsthand the lack of any difference between the work involved…
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During my 30 years on Wall Street, taxes on 'unearned income' have bounced up and down with regularity, and I've…
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Eye-popping tales of growing income inequality are hardly new. By now, nearly every American must be painfully aware of the…
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Finally, let's keep well in mind the most important lesson of the auto rescue: While government should stay away from…
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