General Tips for Carving Beef. 1  A beef roast should be allowed to rest for 10 to 15 minutes before carving so that the juices are reabsorbed into the meat. 2  Don't try carving a beef roast in the roasting pan or on a platter. 3  In order to carve beef properly, a sharp knife must be used.  Use a meat fork to hold the roast in place during the carving. The beef should be carved across the grain, which makes the resulting slices more tender. Tender cuts of beef can be cut into slices of any thickness, but tougher cuts should be carved into thin slices.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Social Security spending will rise from 4.8% of GDP in 2009 to 6.2% of GDP by 2035, where it will stabilize. However, CBO expects Medicare and Medicaid to continue growing, rising from 5.3% GDP in 2009 to 10.0% in 2035 and 19.0% by 2082.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) released its latest Fast Facts & Figures about Social Security 2014, and experts say there's plenty you can glean from this report and put to use to improve your retirement plan. Consider: What percent of income will Social Security represent in your household? In 2012, Social Security represented on average 35% of the aggregate total income of couples and non-married persons aged 65 or older. And earnings, as in working in retirement, represented 34%; income from assets, as in retirement accounts, represented 11%; and pensions (private or government) represented 9%.