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...Just as Napster made it easy to get songs without buying a CD, publishers fear a proliferation of downloaded material that can easily be obtained for free. Libraries, meanwhile, are getting nervous about how, exactly, the publishers will try to control the bottom line - will they have to pay extra to maintain rights to materials, instead of buying a book and owning it forever...
...biggest showdown will come over Medicare. Both parties agree that Social Security money shouldn't be spent on other government programs. Otherwise, there might not be enough money for the baby boomers' looming retirement. But the White House has signaled that extra funds built up in Medicare are fair game for bolstering the budget. Democrats are fuming; most G.O.P. lawmakers back Bush, but some, like House Budget Committee chairman Jim Nussle, seemed to box in their President by promising that Congress will "protect 100% of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. Period...
...Living beyond your means. Too many of us love to buy now and pay later. Metropolitan Life estimates younger boomers have amassed personal debt equal to 95% of their income. Between paying off the mortgage and saving for the kids' education, there's little extra cash to put away for the golden years. Solution: Start paying off those credit cards now. Whittle down as much as you can afford each month--and save. If you start today by investing $150 monthly (with an 8% return), you will have about $27,625 after 10 years, according to Putnam Investments. Start three...
...bill may also help. Next year a special "catch-up" provision lets workers 50 and older contribute an extra $1,000 to their 401(k)s, increasing $1,000 each year to $5,000 by 2006. For IRAs, the limits are $500 in 2002 through 2005 and $1,000 after that...
...paychecks and sent to the federal government at regular intervals. Checks are mailed out to retirees. That's about it. But managing a 401K plan can be a complicated exercise, more so if it's for the entire country. The Social Security Administration would have to hire 40,000 extra people, claims Hans Riemer, director of the 2030 Center, which opposes privatization. "It would take 10,000 more people just to answer the phones." Small businesses, which before just had to make deductions and send checks to the government, would now be snarled administering individual retirement plans, with employees constantly...