Dr. Stephen Uman
Dr. Uman's career includes stints as an author, playwright, journalist, disc jockey, sculptor, general contractor and government official. He has trained hundreds of government employees in various subjects, under the auspices of the Florida Institute of Government at FAU and USF, and continues to provide a number of specialized seminars. Now semi-retired, he is busy writing new plays, a series of articles, and developing a website, www.theopinionpage.info. During his career in government service he has witnessed far too much corruption and incompetence, and these factors have become the subject of many of his articles.
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M.I.T., Berklee School of Music, Pratt Institute, New School for Social ResearchInterests
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Is Everyone in Washington Stupid?Social Security can be saved for the next 75 years, until 2085, if the President and Congress cared more about the future of the country instead of their own re-elections.
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An Open Letter to the 12-member Super CongressThe letter offers ways to reduce spending in Washington in order to get the Federal deficit under control. Some of the ideas may be controversial, but it will work. Congress, however, must be able to go beyond mere politics.
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Congress and the Debt FiascoThe new plan to cut spending and increase the debt ceiling is a failure. It does not resolve the problems and our senators and representatives should be embarrassed.
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The Real Inconvenient TruthThe Federal deficit situation can be fixed easily, but it will take a Congressman with courage and a backbone to make it happen. Does such a government employee exist?
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It's Our Medical FutureCongress and the President are planning to cut billions out of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. They claim this is necessary in order to reduce government expenditures. This is not the complete truth.
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It's Our MoneyWe have all paid into social security (FICA on our pay stubs) but Congress is now planning to reduce our future benefits. We must not allow this to happen. Congress stole our money, and that is not right.