Tag Archives: Poverty
Fixing Social Security

Fixing Social Security

Social Security faces a future that’s insecure in the extreme.  Designed to make seniors financially safe, it’s fiscally unstable  itself — statistically bankrupt, in fact.  Why?  Because our government has  failed to respond to demographic issues that have been predictable ...Read more

Immigration Principles and Policies

Immigration Principles and Policies

That immigration is an issue with volcanic political and social potential in the US needs no elaboration.  Congress has displayed deep reservoirs of timidity in addressing the matter, although the approaching election season at least inspired them to approve hiring ...Read more

Memorial Day and Reminders of Daily Civil Warfare

Memorial Day and Reminders of Daily Civil Warfare

Monday was Memorial Day in America.  For some, it was the delicious extra vacation day that elongated the weekend and heralded the beginning of summer.  For others, it was a sober reminder of personal loss and the general devastation of ...Read more

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

"A Lot of Important Things Became Unimportant Today"

Haiti has been hit by an earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter Scale.  This magnitude combined with geology and poverty to devastate the country. Haiti is situated over two fault systems, in a boundary region separating the Caribbean and North ...Read more