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Anthony A. LAURENTANO VOL. 120 - NO. 5 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JANUARY 29, 2016 $.35 A COPY Altitude Sickness by Christian A. Guarino The Tom Brady revenge tour pin the blame for the loss on was tackled for a loss. Turnover came to an end on Sunday at Gostkowski is simply unfair. on downs. Sports Authority Field at Mile His consistency and accuracy Three points there would have High as the Denver Broncos are unrivaled in his profession. cut the Broncos lead to fi ve. squeaked by the Patriots 20-18. Playing the blame game is What was curious about the Quarterback rival Peyton unfair all round, and the Bron- call was the fact that the Bron- Manning is headed to Super cos deserve accolades for play- cos offense had been stymied Bowl 50, while Brady is on the ing superbly in their home by the Patriots defense in the road to recovery after taking stadium. second half. Was Belichick hit after hit from a relentless However, as sacrilegious as it concerned that Manning would Broncos defense. may be to say, the loss came in morph into his 2006 version, The loss is disappointing as a game where Head Coach Bill and lead the Broncos on a time- many (this writer included, see Belichick simply was not at his consuming drive? page 13) expected the Patriots to strategic best. Aside from the opening drive easily weather the sea of orange If I continuously heap praise of the game, an 11-play, 83-yard on their way to Santa Clara, CA. upon the man, am I not justi- drive capped by a touchdown Patriots fans are upset, focus- fied in occasionally pointing (where Manning was literally ing the majority of their anger out some less-than-stellar play- throwing against air as the TUESDAY, on placekicker Stephen Gost- calling by the hoodie? Patriots pass coverage was giv- kowski for pushing a fi rst quar- With 6:03 on the play clock, ing the Broncos too much cush- FEBRUARY 2, ter extra point wide right. That and facing a fourth-and-one ion for my liking), the Broncos 2016 one point would prove costly from the 16-yard line, Belichick failed to put together a drive. as the Patriots were required to decided against a 32-yard fi eld Come next season, the attempt a game-tying two-point goal attempt, instead going for Patriots will once again be play with 12 seconds to play. it on fourth-and-one. Facing among the elite teams in the We all want, need to vilify an the relentless Bronco pass- NFL. But don’t be fooled, a great individual for a failure. Simply rush, Brady was forced to loft opportunity was lost forever in put, losing is personal. But to the ball to Julian Edelman who the Mile High air. News Briefs Why Can’t The Public Know by Sal Giarratani the Truth About Social Security? by Allen W. Smith Republican Electoral Dysfunction? During the past three decades the federal government for the held by China and our other At the moment, both Iowa and New Hampshire are the American people have been years 1984 to 2010, when the creditors. But the IOUs are on the near horizon and Donald Trump is still in the kept in the dark about the true surpluses ended. These budgets not at all like the marketable lead with Texas Senator Ted Cruz inching up to him. status of the Social Security make it clear that all of the Treasury bonds. They cannot Third place seems to belong to Florida Senator Marco program. Politicians, from both surplus Social Security revenue be sold or used to pay benefi ts. Rubio. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is getting political parties, give out false was spent; none of it was saved. They represent only an account- better with his plain talk approach. Poor Dr. Ben and confl icting information on In each year, the government ing record of how much Social Carson is in a free fall and looking pretty critical. As for a regular basis, and nobody spent all of its general revenue, Security money has been spent the rest, heaven help them all. Florida Governor Jeb knows who to believe. At the plus all of the surplus Social on other things. Bush keeps spending cash, and the more he spends, Republican presidential debate, Security revenue, and still had In 2015, the cost of paying the more his poll numbers fall. The rest of the pack held in Boulder, Colorado, on to borrow money to make ends full Social Security benefi ts was brings up the rear guard. All of them resemble Lindsay the night of October 28, 2015, meet. $84 billion more than Social Graham. When he dropped out of the race, he was in New Jersey governor Chris Every high-level government Security revenue and the gap 14th place in a pack of 13 candidates. Christie shocked a lot of people official and every member of between revenue and benefi t Who can face off against Hillary Clinton in No- when he said, “Let me be honest Congress knows the trust fund costs will become larger and vember? Can Trump beat her? How about Cruz, the with the people who are watch- is empty, and most of them larger in the years ahead. Since ex-natural-born Canadian in the race? ing at home. The government participated in emptying it. But there is nothing of value in the Also, who knows if Bernie Sanders can take out has lied to you and they have the truth about the trust fund trust fund, the government Clinton for the Republicans? Or maybe, the FBI and stolen from you. They told you has been kept from the general must borrow the needed money the U.S. Justice Department might indict her out of that your Social Security money public for the past 30 years. It from China, or one of our other the race? is in a trust fund. All that’s in is recognized as a taboo sub- creditors, to fi ll the gap between The Republican outsiders are going after the rul- the trust fund is a pile of IOUs ject by most of the media, and costs and benefi ts. The ability of ing Republicans in Washington. They have their own for money they spent on some- anyone who claims the trust the United States government trump card in Cruz, but Teddy boy is sailing in tough thing else a long time ago.” fund is empty is ridiculed. Once to borrow money is not without waters at the moment. Lately, I heard Mark Levin on As an economist who has Christie broke with tradition limits. If in a future year the his weeknight radio show calling Cruz a Canadian devoted the past 15 years of my by telling the truth about the government is unable to borrow fi rst, who is in bed with big New York banks, of en- life to researching and writing empty trust fund, he was the the money it needs to fi ll the gaging in “stupid talk.” about Social Security’s fi nan- victim of verbal assault by both gap, Social Security benefi ts will My best bet to defeat the Democrats in November cial problems, I was not at all politicians and media outlets. have to be reduced. would be a Christie-Rubio ticket. This ticket could shocked by Governor Christie’s As the government spent the If the surplus Social Secu- win big-time in 2016, but only if all the other GOP words. He just told it like it is, Social Security surplus money, rity revenue generated by the candidates get behind these two guys. What do you just as I have been doing for the the actual money was replaced 1983 payroll tax hike had been think out there? Is it a good idea? Who would you like past 15 years. There is no ques- with IOUs, which the govern- saved and invested in market- to see on the GOP ticket in the fall? tion about the truth of Christie’s ment calls “special issues of able U.S. Treasury bonds, there assertion that the trust fund the Treasury.” The public has would be $2.7 trillion of “good- (Continued on Page 13) holds no real assets. Anyone been led to believe that the as-gold” marketable Treasury can prove that point by simply IOUs are real bonds, just like checking the annual budgets of the marketable Treasury bonds (Continued on Page 13) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON This offi ce is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, JANUARY 29, 2016 Steve Morabito Announces Candidacy for State Senate After more than 15 years of serving our Commonwealth, Senator Anthony Petruccelli THE GOTHIC SYSTEM has elected to resign his straight across or they may run seat as State Senator. As diagonally. Diagonal vaulting someone who is a life- that divides a ceiling into four long resident of the First parts is called “quadripartite” Suffolk & Middlesex District, vaulting, and if the division is I’d like to thank him for in six parts, it is called “sex- representing us with such partite vaulting.” If I support a dedication and distinction. wall by standing tight against He is a true public servant it, I am buttressing the wall.
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