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Liz Weston: Why retirees may want to buy an immediate annuity now

When you purchase an immediate annuity, you’re paying a lump sum now in exchange for a stream of payments over a fixed period or for your lifetime

The Independent UK

Financial Planning in Retirement: Seeing All the Angles

In addition to investments, your financial adviser should be talking to you about insurance, Medicare, Social Security, long-term care, estate planning and tax planning.

Kiplinger

Illinois immigrants need more language help to thrive and partake in civic life

In Illinois, 8% of the population doesn’t speak English very well, and that’s a barrier for immigrants participating in civic life. Dozens of organizations such as the Selfreliance Association have partnered with the city and state to help limited English speakers access health care, food stamps…

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Editorial: GOP should openly debate Biden’s budget proposals

One of the first things you are likely to hear about President Joe Biden’s proposed 2024 budget is how it doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in the Sahara of being approved by the Republican-controlled House. That’s undoubtedly true, if you’re talking about Biden’s proposal in its current form.

Chicago Tribune

Biden proposes $6.8 trillion budget to make rich pay "fair share"

“My 2024 Budget is a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America," Biden said.

Axios

If Republicans Want To Cut Spending, They Should Start With the Pentagon

Sen. Rand Paul says Republicans "have to give up the sacred cow" of military spending in order to make a deal that will address the debt ceiling and balance the budget.

Reason

The GOP's Current Plan To Cut Spending Is a Political Failure

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are still the chief drivers of our future debt. But Republicans aren't touching them.

Reason

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Speaker McCarthy: That's no joke, folks

As usual, the mockery was a way to avoid the real emotions we should feel: How the hell did America get here?

Salon

Mark Kelly wins Arizona Senate race, bringing Democrats a seat from control

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won his bid for reelection Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.

France 24

Sen. Mark Kelly takes early lead in battleground Arizona

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly led his Republican rival, venture capitalist Blake Masters, but the race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate was too early to call

The Independent UK

Crucial Arizona Senate race tests Trump-era Democratic gains

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is looking to hold on to the seat he won for Democrats two years ago, but he faces a vastly different political environment against Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters

The Independent UK

Bernie: Dems must go on attack

"Incredible level of corporate greed" is driving inflation, says Sanders; Democrats must push "pro-worker" policies

Salon

Biden mocks Trump as ‘the great MAGA King’ as he blames him for leaving US economy ‘on the brink of a Great Depression’

‘Under my predecessor, the great MAGA king, the deficit increased every single year he was president’

The Independent UK

‘Truly outrageous’: Biden touts deficit reduction as he attacks ‘extreme Maga’ plan to sunset Social Security and raise taxes

‘This Maga crowd is really the most extreme political organization that's existed in American history’

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This Day In Market History: The Social Security Amendments Of 1983

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On April 20, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the Social Security Amendments of 1983. Where The Market Was: The Dow finished the day at 1,191.47. The S&P 500 traded at 160.71.

The Independent UK

Why Democrats, Republicans and GOP Senator Rick Scott are all fighting over his tax proposal

Republican plan calls for millions more to pay income taxes

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Every day is Tax Day

The deadline for filing federal income taxes is later than usual this year. Tax Day has been pushed back to April 18 to avoid coinciding with the District of Columbia’s Emancipation Day holiday.

Tribune News Service

With Congress gridlocked, advocates say it’s up to state and local lawmakers to protect the undocumented elderly

CHICAGO — Long ago, Veronica Ortega gave up hope that federal immigration reform would come and pave a path to citizenship for her and her husband.

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America's homeless ranks graying as more retire on streets

America's homeless population is graying

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Pension hike not enough for Venezuelans to afford basic food

Maybel Sequera and Juan González recently shared for lunch a plate of noodles and beans at their home in a low-income neighborhood west of Venezuela’s capital

Tribune News Service

Thieves hit on a new scam: Synthetic identity fraud

In fall 2020, 43-year-old Adam Arena and a dozen suspected co-conspirators were indicted in New York on charges of trying to swindle banks out of more than $1 million through a scheme known as “synthetic identity fraud.”

Ballotpedia

The latest on redistricting and recently enacted legislation

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Here are all the reasons CBS News should never have hired Trump aide Mick Mulvaney

Staff members at CBS News are in an uproar over the venerable news department's hiring of former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney as a news commentator.

Tribune News Service

State Department to allow ‘X’ gender option on passports

American citizens who do not fit into traditional male or female gender roles will be permitted to select a third option on their U.S. passports.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The IRS doesn’t need more workers, it needs less work

Tax day is approaching, and a shorthanded Internal Revenue Service just got a $675 million boost (6%) from Congress and the president. But money won’t fix this problem. We can solve it—and maybe some other problems—with tax reform.

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