Great story in The Los Angeles Times about how one family deals with a child with ADHD and gives great background on the condition. Definitely an excellent read if you've ever wanted to know more about ADHD, like this piece from the article:
"Researchers are starting to realize that in some cases, ADHD only becomes apparent in middle and high school, when student life gets more complicated and classes become more demanding. Hyperactivity often wanes as children reach adolescence, but teens are expected to deal with multiple teachers and be more independent and organized. Those who were able to muddle through elementary school may lack the attention skills needed to cope, Vitiello says."
Sometimes you can have the lucky misfortune of being born with a nearly photographic memory. Then you could be, say, a 26-year old MBA student before someone tells you for the first time that you've compensated for your ADHD your entire life.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 9, 2010
Social Security: The myth of the Social Security system's financial shortfall - latimes.com
This column from yesterday's Los Angeles Times evaluates the annual report of Social Security Trustees and details the actual situation of the Social Security Trust Fund. One passage in the column that stood out reads:
"...money from the taxpayers at the lower end of the income scale has been spent to help out those at the higher end. That transfer — that loan, to characterize it accurately — is represented by the Treasury bonds held by the trust fund.
The interest on those bonds, and the eventual redemption of the principal, should have to be paid for by income taxpayers, who reaped the direct benefits from borrowing the money.
So all the whining you hear about how redeeming the trust fund will require a tax hike we can't afford is simply the sound of wealthy taxpayers trying to skip out on a bill about to come due. The next time someone tells you the trust fund is full of worthless IOUs, try to guess what tax bracket he's in."
"...money from the taxpayers at the lower end of the income scale has been spent to help out those at the higher end. That transfer — that loan, to characterize it accurately — is represented by the Treasury bonds held by the trust fund.
The interest on those bonds, and the eventual redemption of the principal, should have to be paid for by income taxpayers, who reaped the direct benefits from borrowing the money.
So all the whining you hear about how redeeming the trust fund will require a tax hike we can't afford is simply the sound of wealthy taxpayers trying to skip out on a bill about to come due. The next time someone tells you the trust fund is full of worthless IOUs, try to guess what tax bracket he's in."
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