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I keep seeing older people (my age) saying how we are owed more social security because we paid into it. My reply:
On average, we get back several times as much as we paid in Medicare taxes.
We get back a little more than we paid in Social Security.
Each generation's taxes have paid for the Social Security for their parents and grandparents.
We also have left a huge deficit for our children.
It's like someone who says they have done a good job of saving for retirement because they have $20,000 in IRAs, but owes $100,000 on their credit card.
What I do resent is those who voted for republicans, who have deliberately run up the national debt, so they can have an excuse to cut programs like this. If life were fair, they would have to be the ones to suffer any cuts that are made now in the name of fiscal responsibility.

When Lamonte McIntyre was exonerated for a double murder in October, he walked out of a Kansas prison with a clean record – but not a dime to his name, reports CBS News' Dean Reynolds. After losing 23 years of his life behind bars, the state is offering him nothing.
Kansas is one of 18 states that offer wrongfully convicted prisoners no compensation at all upon their release.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kansas-man-wrongfully-imprisoned-23-years-no-compensation-from-state/


A new study indicates that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as patients with liver cancer that is not associated with alcohol consumption, mainly due to diagnoses at later stages.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/w-lcc032218.php


By taking a high-cost drug with a low-fat meal--instead of on an empty stomach, as prescribed--prostate cancer patients could decrease their daily dose, prevent digestive issues and cut costs by 75 percent, according to a new study in the March 28, 2018, issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO).
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uocm-tas032318.php


Meditate regularly for an improved attention span in old age
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/s-mrf032818.php


Worries about the extra time needed to walk or bike to work is a big reason people hop into their cars for their daily commute, but walking or biking probably wouldn't take as long as they think, according to researchers.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/ps-mtt032818.php


Resampling of hard-hit region suggests amphibians may be developing resistance to deadly fungus
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/aaft-roh032618.php


Cancer survivors were more likely to be insured but they still reported greater difficulties accessing and affording health care than adults without cancer, although the proportion of cancer survivors reporting those issues decreased in years that coincided with implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/jn-aao032718.php


Plastic surgery abroad can lead to severe complications after returning to the US
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/wkh-psa032918.php


Children who live in more walkable neighbourhoods have a smaller waist measurement and a lower BMI (body mass index)
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/indl-tlb032918.php


Poor grades tied to class times that don't match our biological clocks
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoc--pgt032918.php


Government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-spending-debt-analysis-20180203-story.html


President Donald Trump signed a bill Monday that killed an Obama-era worker safety rule that required businesses competing for large federal contracts to disclose and correct serious safety and other labor law violations.
Earlier this month, the Senate voted to eliminate the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule, which applied to contracts valued at $500,000 or more. Votes on the bill in both the House and Senate divided along party lines.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-wage-theft-unsafe-working-conditions-20170328-story.html


Here is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
[Please donate to The Guardian to help them continue their investigative work w/o a paywall.]
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/28/all-the-data-facebook-google-has-on-you-privacy


British man builds dog-poo-powered street light
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/03/british-man-builds-dog-poo-powered-street-light/