Said in the Opening Ceremony of the 1402 1403 crop year and the fourth year of the production plan in the drylands in the last crop year, the utilization of the drylands has increased by 40 . Mr. Nik vacht added the institutions and equipment needed by the farmers have been provided for the new crop year, which will be provided to them gradually. Allocation of more than a thousand one billion tomans of education to the Agricultural Sector is one of the other plans for the new crop year. Also, in the new crop year, more than 7 million hectares of Agricultural Land will be cultivated. Cultivation is given priority to wheat. We must try to bring the production and average levels closer to these records that our farmers have. In some places, we are harvesting 12 tons and 11 tons. There should not be a gap between one and one. Half a ton or 2 tons instead of 12, we should try to get close to our record and this will not be possible except with knowledgebased agriculture and increasing the p
Thank you very much for coming today. I think well get started. Welcome to all the American Enterprise institute. Im andrew biggs. And todays session is titled what can irs data tell us about Retirement Income. I can imagine a bgrade thriller movie that the tag line said what if everything you knew were wrong. This is a slightly modified version. The tag line might be, what if many of the things you know were wrong and what if many of those were about Retirement Incomes . Its not something quite as thrilling but something thats actually very, very important. And i think the fact is that much of what we think we know about Retirement Incomes, the statistics that drive Government Policies regarding Social Security and Retirement Plans may in fact be wrong. We think we know what retirees incomes are, what their poverty rates are, how dependent they are on Social Security benefits and how much they receive from private Retirement Plans. I can pull some of those statistics from my head. The
Welcome to all of the American Enterprise institute. Im mr. Bigs, scholar here at aei, todays session is what can irs data tell us about Retirement Incomes. When i was give this task, i thought a b grade tag line of what if everything you knew were wrong. This is a modified version of the tag line. What if many of the things were wrong and what if many of those were about Retirement Incomes of it is a not as thrilling but its something that is very important. And i think the fact is that much of what we think about we know about Retirement Incomes, the statistics that drive Government Policies regarding Social Security and Retirement Plans may be wrong. We think we know what retirement rates are, poverty rates are, how much they receive from private Retirement Plans. Can i pull some of those statistics from my head. The poverty rate for americans over 65 is a little bit under 10 . About a third of retiries receive almost all of their income from Social Security benefits. Those are stat
Come to order. I want to welcome our witnesses, i appreciate your time and testimony, i look forward to your oral testimony and answering what will be some pretty interesting questions. I frequently say from the podium that the general Inspector Generals, your are go to agencies and government. Youre doing so much to root out and identify and eliminate waste fraud, abuse, dictated programs which is what this hearing is about. The reports by the gao that really started with a Pretty Simple. [inaudible] offering 2010 by senator colborne in the. [inaudible] something we all hate to do but if were going to do it its nice to get some measure of control and a Pretty Simple concept is asking the gao to issue reports and inspections on different programs as resulted in 75 billion of savings over seven years. This is pretty remarkable. Based on the amount of Budget Authority that the gao has, 3. 8 billion over that timeframe that a 20 one investment. Put the microphone on for this. 112 to one.
He was going to be tough and it was a terrible downfall. For more of this schedule go to booktv. Org. A Senate Committee now looks at waste and fraud in areas of the federal government including improper refundable tax credits by the irs. I gao official and the treasury inspector recommended savings during the hearing. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome our witnesses, appreciate your time, your testimony and look forward to your oral testimony and answering what will be some pretty interesting questions. I frequently say from this podium that the inspectoray generals, you are go to agencies in government. Doing so much to root out and identify and eliminate waste, fraud, abuse, duplicative programs which is what this hearing is about, is the reports by the gao that really started with the Pretty Simple amendment offering 2010 by senator coburn in the debate over increased, something will hate to do but if are going to do it its kind of nice to get some mea