A Federal Pay Cut

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The annual federal deficit is lingering at about a trillion dollars.  Yes that is Trillion with a “T”. I have a way to solve a big part of this problem. Cut the pay and benefits of all fe... Read More

400 Days

Today I celebrate just 400 more days until I get to the Medicare Buffet. I can’t decide yet whether I will get the hip replacement or the bypass surgery first.  But one thing is for sure.  Ame... Read More

Pensions Are Not Free

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Peggy Noonan wrote a great article in the Saturday WSJ about the Tea Party movement and the unease many American feel about the “ruling elite.”  Revolt of the Accountants It made me think... Read More

800 days

In exactly 800 days I will be eligible for the medicare buffet.  I and about 3 million others will become eligible in 2012.   My hip is starting to hurt but I can wait and so can the rest of my coho... Read More

Click the New Link

In the upper right hand side of the blog page just below the picture is a countdown timer that says: “SIMON JOINS THE MEDICARE BUFFET IN ___ DAYS” This clever graphic is now also a link to... Read More

A Three Digit Midget

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When I was in the army many of my fellow enlisted men kept “short-timer calendars.”  When you went under 100 days until you got out of the army (or Vietnam) you could call yourself a R... Read More