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A reader going by “Greg B” wrote in recently to protest the “topline” spending number for the Democrats’ now-moribund Build Back Better legislation. Democrats claim the bill would cost $1.7 trillion over a decade, assuming some provisions—such as an expanded child tax credit—expire after just one year. But the real goal is to keep those programs going with new legislation in the future, which means $1.7 trillion might be more like a down payment, with the real cost being a lot… Source link

A judge signed three search warrants for some of Deshaun Watson‘s social-media accounts, including Instagram and Cash App, back in October, according to a report from ABC13.com. Watson has been accused in a series of 22 known civil suits of indecent behavior with massage therapists. Although he has not been charged with any criminal complaints, Watson has not suited up for the Houston Texans while the legal process plays out. This action, however, would suggest that Houston police have been… Source link

Walmart and Yahoo are continuing their holiday shopping-related partnership, leaning into new augmented reality (AR) and digital opportunities, Retail Dive reported Monday (Dec. 6). The companies have added a new game, “Play for Joy,” on Instagram, letting users play a claw machine and grab as many virtual Walmart gifts as they can before a timer is up, according to the report. In addition, there is a video series with lifestyle influencer Taryn Newton, which will allow shopping through… Source link

Dive Brief: Walmart and Yahoo on Black Friday launched a “Holiday with Heart” effort to kick off the holiday season through shoppable content and add-to-cart functionalities powered by augmented reality, according to a press release emailed to Retail Dive’s sister publication Marketing Dive. The “Play for Joy” game on Instagram lets mobile users interact with a claw machine and grab as many virtual Walmart gifts as possible before the clock runs out. They can also… Source link

Senator Bob Dole at the Capitol in Washington DC in 1996. (Yunghi Kim/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Bob Dole, a former Senate majority leader who unsuccessfully ran for president against Bill Clinton, died Sunday. He was 98 years old. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Dole, who was also a U.S. senator, and a daughter, Robin, from a previous marriage. One of the giants of American politics in the 20th century, Dole will be remembered for his heroism in World War II, his time as Senate… Source link

The new Social Security raise will be revealed this week. Will it be enough? As companies struggle with COVID-related shortages of supplies and workers, inflation is soaring at rates not seen in years. Steeper prices for gasoline, food, cars and many other things are squeezing Americans, especially older people living on fixed, often modest incomes. But the inflation spike is likely to provide seniors with their biggest Social Security raise in almost four decades. The government this week is… Source link

Facebook’s (FB) week went from bad to worse Monday when the social networking giant’s apps went dark worldwide for roughly six hours. In a post written Monday afternoon, Facebook VP of infrastructure Santosh Janardhan blamed the outage on a configuration error on the “backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication.” That error, Janardhan writes, had a cascading effect on Facebook’s entire network, both… Source link

The next Social Security raise may hit a 40-year record. But will it be enough? Consumer prices soared in June and July at an annual rate of 5.4, the highest since 2008. Steeper prices for gas, food, cars and countless other things are squeezing Americans, especially older ones with fixed, often modest incomes. But there’s a bright side: The spike in inflation could provide seniors next year with their biggest Social Security boost in almost four decades. In fact, advocates just raised their… Source link

Social Security checks may see a huge raise next year. Will it be enough? The ongoing spike in inflation that has Americans paying more for gas, food, cars and many other things could lead to the biggest Social Security boost in almost 40 years when officials announce the cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for 2022. Plus, members of Congress have proposed changes to how the COLA is calculated, which could result in even larger Social Security checks for 55 million retirees, their dependents… Source link

Come 2034, incoming revenues will be enough to pay about 76% of scheduled Social Security benefits, a 2020 Social Security Administration trustees report predicts. Given that, how might different generations plan for this? Should they plan for a 24% decline in their scheduled benefit? Should they not factor Social Security benefits into their retirement income plan at all? Or might they do something else. “Though I think it far more likely that some combination of reforms will eliminate the… Source link