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saw anyone who was 95, most folks were lucky to get to 75. This is one reason Social Security is tottering on the brink of bankruptcy – people were supposed to retire at 65 and live maybe to 72. The system wasn’t engineered to pay 30 years of benefits. Today four generations of a family can be alive at the same time, which is probably unprecedented in human history. This is a real blessing, but it also has lulled us into a false sense of physical invulnerability and the
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Attorney General Ashley Moody and a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general sent letters to the Federal Housing Finance Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development recommending certain actions be taken to help homeowners. In the letters, the coalition applauds recent federal efforts to suspend evictions and foreclosures and expresses appreciation for the additional forbearance and foreclosure relief provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The coronavirus-relief legislation, signed by President Donald J. Trump on March 27, provides protections for homeowners whose loans are backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac or other federal entities. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “We appreciate the federal actions thus far, but more must be done to help homeowners who have lost their jobs due to this health crisis. COVID-19 will present unprecedented challenges to homeowners and the mortgage servicing industry. The recommendations from our bipartisan coalition will help millions of American homeowners avoid delinquency while still lim-
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A new payment tracking tool can be accessed at IRS.gov. On the website www.irs.gov/ coronavirus/economic-impactpayments, users can access the IRS tool designed to allow beneficiaries to request their stimulus payment via direct deposit. Attorney General Ashley Moody recently issued a Consumer Alert urging Floridians who have not already received a stimulus payment from the federal government to take steps to avoid benefits-related scams. According to the Internal Revenue Service, millions of Americans have already received stimulus payments and millions more are still waiting on the emergency benefits. As of April 17, the IRS issued 88.1 million payments to taxpayers across the nation. More payments are continuing to be delivered each week. In Florida the total “Economic Impact Payments” as of April 17, 2020 where $11,067,476,416. The IRS created a payment tracking tool for those still waiting. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “This new tool can help Floridians avoid stimulusMoney, Page 6A
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On the TV series “Star Trek,” Vulcans greet one another with their hand raised in that “V” or “W” made popular by Mr. Spock and urging the other person to “live long as prosper.” In Tibet folks put their hands over their hearts and in Thailand instead of shaking hands. That might be the way to go.
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On countless episodes of “Star Trek” (the original series) the crew of the Enterprise or the population of some distant and exotic planet would find themselves afflicted by some new and heretofore unknown virus or malady that threatens the lives of the crew or even of humanity as a whole. It could be premature and rapid old age, grotesque lesions that drive a man mad, parasites that take over one’s nervous system or even a giant-sized singlecelled organism that swallows whole planets. One thing that
they all had in common was that a cure would inevitably be found between the fourth and final commercial breaks. There would be much suspense as Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock brought all their brainpower and computer skills to bear but the cure was a forgone conclusion. In real life there are very few magic potions or miracle pills. Humanity has made enormous strides in medicine and surgical procedures over the past century – so much so that we routinely see folks living deep into their 90s. When I was a kid, I never
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The novel coronavirus pandemic has all of us concerned about our health, and rightfully so – it is scary to contemplate
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at greater risk of serious complications from coronavirus? Do you know the signs of respiratory distress? Did you know that poor sleep is one of these signs?
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