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" When there's change, people are always anxious. "
Elaine Chao
Change
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Always
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" It has long been said the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. Automatic enrollment for insurance of 401k loans would add an additional certainty. Fewer Americans would suffer the unnecessary loss of retirement savings due to unanticipated and untimely misfortune in an already stressful time of need. "
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" As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.' "
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" Nan Gorman was born in Memphis, Tenn., on St. Patrick's Day. She moved to Hazard in 1929 when her father, James Hagan, a recent medical school graduate and aspiring surgeon, went to work there. "
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" When Peace Corps was first proposed, some in Congress assumed that only men would be volunteers. "
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" Government at all levels has kicked the fiscal can down the road for far too long. "
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" For significant job creation to occur, prospective entrepreneurs and current business owners must not fear the future or be under assault from their own government in the present. "
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" Though the National Bureau of Economic Research deemed the recession to have ended in June 2009, to most Americans, that conclusion seems not to square with reality. "
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" 401k savings accounts have become so important in the landscape of retirement planning that their security and expansion became a top priority in formulating and implementing the Pension Protection Act of 2006 that was enacted during my tenure as the U.S. Secretary of Labor. "
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" I will carry with me always the deep sense of what it feels like to be an outsider and how tough it was, how hard it was to adapt to this country. "
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" Most private sector workers can only dream of getting the generous lifetime pension and health benefits typical of government service. "
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Only
" Even if it's a national issue, the federal government cannot provide all the answers. "
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Cannot
Answers
" We have a lot of employers who are looking for skilled workers and not being able to find them. And we have workers who lack the requisite skills to access these good-paying jobs in high growth industries. "
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Who
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" While there have been news reports of recent college graduates living with their parents because they have been unable to find a job paying a salary sufficient to move out, their near and long-term career prospects remain far brighter than for those without a college degree. "
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" Those memories of living in a developing nation are part of who I am today and give me a profound understanding of the challenges of economic development - an understanding which will make my tenure as Peace Corps director, I hope, a very special one. "
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" President Obama has been admirably pro-trade in public remarks, but there has been no progress in moving any new free trade agreements to expand exports abroad and create jobs at home. "
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