Tag Archives: Government Deficits

National Debt Part III: Radical Reform of Social Security

Radical Reform of Social Security requires starting at the root, and that root is its real purpose and goals today, in 2010.  What are we really trying to accomplish with this program?  What are the basic problems for which we ...Read more

Taking Stock: Grading Obama's Domestic Economic Policies His First Year in Office

Barack Obama became America’s 44th President in troubled economic times. On the home front, his “conservative” predecessor had authorized spending that created a deficit of $l.3 trillion. Real-estate markets, stock markets, and financial markets collapsed. Advanced economies run on ...Read more

Seniors for Sale? The Obama Adminstration's $250 Social-Security Giveaway

Last week, President Obama called for a second “one-time” payment of $250 to each of more than 50 million seniors receiving Social Security benefits. Some 7 million recipients of other government entitlements — veterans, the disabled, and retirees ...Read more