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Americans’ top concerns these days are unemployment, deficits and debt.  The rate of unemployment seems stuck at a level economically and ethically unacceptable, and efforts to bring it down appear ineffective and extremely expensive, especially in the context of runaway ...Read more

FDR Signing Social Security Act August 14, 1935

Government deficits and debt have reached alarming levels today, and the unfunded liabilities of tomorrow are even more staggering.  The key to attaining fiscal sobriety is entitlement reform, and Social Security is as good ...Read more

“Hello, Ohio!” Barack Obama began his speech in Elyria on January 22. “Everybody, please,uh, please, uh, please relax.  We’re going to be here for a little bit…”

The content and tone of this speech were not, however, designed to relax.  The ...Read more