on tuesday, a meeting of the council of ministers at mantralaya under the chairmanship of chief minister shivraj singh chouhan gave consent to increase the annual income limit for scholarship to scheduled caste students from rs 6 lakh to rs 8 lakh in compliance with the chief minister’s announcement. with the hike in the income limit, the students belonging to scheduled caste (sc) category will be able to get widespread opportunities for getting education. administrative approval of three-year budget and fi
security and medicare more solvent, more funding? thank you for mentioning it in the beginning that have a bill that would do that for social security. what my bill would do is it was left the income ceiling for payments into the social security trust fund. that s feeling right now is 160,000 and anybody making over that doesn t pay a single dime more into social security. that should not be how it works. everybody should be paying into social security. trusts my bill would do that. it would extend that trust fund until 2052. that is one of the ways that we re going to strengthen its social security. i want to make sure. this equation is gonna ask in a next interview. right now, just the first hundred $60,200 of wages are subject to the 6.2% tax. if i hurt you right, you think there should be no income limit. my bill would face in that
income limit. in my opinion there shouldn t be any limit at all. a social security is relied upon by millions and millions of people including close to 300,000 in the state of hawaii alone. that money should be there. we all should be paying into it. that said, as far as i m concerned. tell that to the republicans as they try to run away from their desire to cut programs that really support working people and retirees. they care about the richest people in our country. that is for sure. not about the working people and the retirees that we democrats care about. senator mazie hirono of the great state of hawaii. thank you very much for coming in. on the sunday show. hello, everybody. joining me now. maya macguineas. president of the committee for responsible federal budget. maya, thank you very much for coming back to the sunday show. first question. important question. s social security really dying?
Saginaw home owners can apply for grants to replace aging furnaces this month. In the spring, the program will expand to include roof repairs and window replacements.