Policies and Regulations

to answer this question as precisely and accurately as possible, lets analyze some specific areas:

Trade policy

Federal Income tax top rates

Budgeting/Deficts,surplues etc…

Looking out for our workers, our businesses here at home etc.

So, as we look at each one of these areas and compare what things were like in a period which can be said when we were at the height of our economic greatness as a country, and look at today and how things are……what is differerent????? how do we view things different, how do we do things different policy wise?

The Value of goods and the value of the dollar. Back then, you should buy a oaf of bread for 15 cents…where as now, a loaf of bread is like $3 according on where you go and higher! Back in the 60’s, people were more concerned with fashion and entertainment! That’s where all the money was. Now in modern times, all the money is in consumer sales and marketing.

What is the best health insurance policy? I am recently need to purchase an individual health ins policy. However, I am not sure which ones are the best. I am a student, do they offer any good student policies? Also, is the SGLI to VGLI conversion a good change to make?

Check out this site, if you want to find the best or the cheapest health insurance just in one minute,

http://cheap-health-insurance-usa.info/

Here you can get free quotes from different health insurance companies in your area, its the best way to find an afforable health insurance with a reliable company.

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier for a discussion of U.S. foreign policy from the Fall of the Berlin Wall until the attack on 9/11. They discuss the search for a grand strategy during the Clinton administration and outline the debates among liberals and among conservatives about the U.S. role as the sole superpower, especially the relative importance of economic power versus military power in shaping world order. Chollet and Goldgeier also focus on the new security challenges facing the United States– global warming, terrorism, and the spread of infectious disease. Series: Conversations with History [12/2008] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 15411]

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He just lost his job, and I am self-employed. We are looking for something with a high deductible, maybe dental coverage as well. Any thoughts on a good policy that isn’t really expensive?

I think that the best insur would be the one that is most popular in your area as there will be more participating dr/hospitals. Try calling your local Blue Cross/Blue Shield. They offer individual accts. If your husband had coverage with his prior employer he may qualify for COBRA although quite expensive. Going with an individ. acct would be cheaper but you wouldn’t get dental or vision. Also keep in mind that most of the individ. plans out there have a pre-existing clause and/or underwriting requirements. Again I would call the major health insurance companies in your area and see what individ. products they have to offer. Also look to see what your state offers. Most states realize that adults need coverage and they have a basic plan for low income families that make too much for welfare but too little to pay for full coverage elsewhere. Good Luck!!

I have to write a research paper about the policy issue of child support and i need to focus in on an argument or controversial topic. I also need some pros and cons.

If you could help, that would be great! Thanks!

not sure how you would organize it – but some of the issues re: child support are:

there are no controls to ensure the funds are spent on the child
the custodial parent should not have to account for the funds

there are no accommodations if the parent paying support loses a job or takes a lower paying job.

custodial parents use child support as a condition of visitation

child support collection methods are ineffective. A parent can avoid paying by working out of the country, working under the table, etc.

Some would say child support schedules don’t require enough, others would say it’s too much.

hope these suggestions help. You might post this in the "marriage and divorce" section. They would have a lot of opinions.

My friend’s father died recently. Twenty years ago, her father took out a small life insurance policy to pay for his funeral expenses. The beneficiary is my friend’s stepmother. The stepmother doesn’t even recall a life insurance policy. She wonders if he had cashed it out. How can my friend find out if a life insurance policy still exists? Those unclaimed fund sites don’t usually include life insurance policies, and the life insurance company may not know that a death has occurred.

There is no central database for information on life policies going back this far, i.e. the MIB (Medical Information Bureau) only keeps records on life insurance applications going back 11 years. However, I do have a few suggestions 1) check his financial records–cancelled checks, bank statements, the attic, the basement for old boxes of records, etc. 2) check at the bank and see if he had a safe deposit box 3) check at work and see if he had a policy there 4) check with his auto & home insurance agent and see if he had the policy through that agent or if that agent recommended someone to him 5) check with the family attorney he might have told him/her while preparing his will 6) check with the accountant he might have told him while asking questions about the tax implications of a policy or maybe the accountant referred him to an agent and 7) if nothing else you would have to call up the companies to check–be forewarned though this is a lot of work. First get a list of the licensed life insurance carriers in your state from the Insurance Commissioner and then try to call the most well known first. Make sure you have his social security number, date of birth and full name on hand prior to making these calls and realize that in the entire U.S. there are over 1800 life insurance companies–of course there might be far fewer in your state but it will still be like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack. Sorry.

I hope this helps your friend.

Virtually alone, Congressman Ron Paul offers an unabashed conservative foreign policy.

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A 73 year old smoker pays $60 per month and the policy is only worth $10K. That seems to be a waste of money, especially when this person could use the money on a weekly basis right now. I’m wondering if there is a rule of thumb to determine if the monthly payment is reasonable when compared to the amount of the policy.

More answers from people who don’t know the whole situation. How long have they been paying on it? What kind of policy is it? When does the coverage expire?

Anyone that flat out say whole life is a ripoff shouldn’t be answering life insurance questions.

I understand that a weak dollar favors imports, but it seems as though a weak dollar is also detrimental to just about everything and everyone else. Can someone knowledgeable please explain to me the different mechanisms by which the current administration is pursuing a weak dollar policy and the goals that the administration hopes to achieve through such a policy?

Thanks!

a weak dollar doesn’t favour imports… it makes it imports more expensive and so imports should go down..

The bush administration has always thought its dollar was too high, esp compared to China which it believes to have an artificially low currency. A lower US dollar should decrease imports and help re-balance the biggest balance of payments problem in the world by decreasing foreign imports and boost US exports to the world.

Say my mom has a life insurance policy for $100,000 and she passes away. She is not married and I would be the beneficiary on the policy. If she has individual debts like medical bills and car loans, would the policy pay those first, or would the funds pay to me? There really wouldn’t be any other money in the estate besides the policy, and I want to make sure we plan everything right. Not to be morbid, I just don’t know.
Thank you guys! It was so helpful and really eases a pretty difficult time for us!

This may depend on the laws of your state, but typically, the insurance would be the beneficiary’s not the estate’s. So the estate could own $100,000 and you would still get the whole 100k (less 90k in taxes).