Indeed, Social Security demands equal, if not top billing among priority spending that must be off the chopping block.
Our interest payments on the national debt (at 5 percent) would roughly equal the entire cost of social security!
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Partner capacity can only be sustained over the long-term when partner governments have the political will, absorptive capacity, credible and effective institutions, willingness to independently sustain U.S. investments, an equal stake in the success of security sector initiatives, and policy commitment to security sector reform.
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Such an arrangement would put those responsive to multinational stockholders on an essentially equal footing with government agencies responsible for the national security.
This is the shared vision that Prime Minister Maliki and I reaffirm today -- an equal partnership, a broad relationship that advances the security, the prosperity and the aspirations of both our people.
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That debate "shall not be limited by topic and shall include an equal number of questions related to foreign policy and homeland security on the one hand and economic and domestic policy on the other, " the agreement says.
About two-thirds (64 percent) of workers are not confident that Social Security will continue to provide benefits of at least equal value to the benefits retirees receive today.
"We want to make sure that all Americans in committed relationships have equal benefits, from health insurance and life insurance to Social Security and property rights and more, " she said.
The bill empowers each worker age 50 and below with the freedom to choose a contribution to a personal savings and investment account equal roughly to half of the employee share of the Social Security payroll tax.
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For Chad Brown, they equal six months in a New York City apartment, plus a security deposit with a little left over for utilities.
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Then social security would have one single monthly benefit amount for everyone who draws it, possibly equal to the amount a minimum wage earner makes.
Deputy Allister Langlois, the social security minister, said he would accept "a pay rise, if any, equal to that awarded to the public sector employees in the coming tribunal".
The Senate plan, backed only by Democrats, would reduce the deficit through equal parts tax increases and spending cuts, but it avoids some of the changes to Social Security and other federal benefits that Mr. Obama will offer.
The Chilean personal account system that has been so successful for 30 years now includes a government guaranteed minimum benefit for the personal accounts that is roughly equal as a percent of income to the average benefit under the U.S. Social Security system.
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