by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
For nearly three decades Social Security produced big surpluses, collecting more in taxes from workers than it paid in benefits to retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children. The surpluses also helped mask the size of the budget deficit being generated by the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
There are more Americans dependent on the federal government than ever before in U.S. history. According to the Survey of Income and Program Participation conducted by the U.S. Census, well over 100 million Americans are enrolled in at least one welfare program run by...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Social security is about to go belly up, financially speaking. And at the head of this crisis is a demographic disproportion: there are simply too few young people coming into the workforce to support the increasing numbers of elderly baby boomers who are retiring. In...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Politics
As we all know, there are so many effects that abortion has on our society and the whole world. What seems to be overlooked is how abortion can hurt the economy. People make the mistake that abortion is solely a moral issue, and therefore cannot be related to the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
From John Goodman: Worried by reports of escalating federal debt, I sought out an answer the other day to this question: How much do we as taxpayers actually owe because of commitments politicians have made on our behalf? Turns out, the answer is not as simple as you...
