Because statists are convinced they’re free, they inevitably blame the economic woes on freedom and free enterprise rather than on the government’s socialistic redistributive programs and its interventionist economic policies. Thus, statists call on the government to move further along the spectrum toward more government control over economic activity and wealth.
Post Tagged with: "social security"
March 29, 2011 06:47
Reid vows to stand in the way of any efforts to reform Social Security
“Back off Social Security,” Reid told a cheering crowd. “It’s in great shape for many decades. Let’s worry about Social Security when it’s a problem. Today it is not a problem.”
March 22, 2011 08:15
Obama praises Chilean economic progress but leads US in opposite direction
One thing that should come of the trip to Latin America is for Obama to take his own advice on Chile and look closer at its economic lessons.
March 16, 2011 09:59
Dems plan on entitlement bankruptcy – fuhgeddaboudit
Eric Cantor on GOP courage to tackle entitlement reform and Obama’s lack of it.
March 3, 2011 05:53
Walter Williams solves social security funding problem
George Mason University Professor of Economics Walter Williams proposes that the feds can keep all his Social Security retirement if they would just give him 100 acres of federal land.
March 2, 2011 10:24
Eric Cantor on spending cuts, entitlements and Obama
On Morning Joe Cantor gets grilled on spending cuts including dealing with insolvency of social security, Medicare, Medicaid and the prescription drug plan.
February 18, 2011 06:07
Social Security Cannot — And Should Not — Be Saved
The real reason for Social Security is, and always was, to transfer wealth from those who have it to those whom government deems more politically fit to have it.
January 28, 2011 05:55
The ‘Third Rail’ Gets Derailed
The Congressional Budget Office says Social Security will begin running deficits this year and every year until it is drained in 2037. The baby boomers who used to pull the wagon are starting to ride it.
December 18, 2010 09:14
Michele Bachmann on Tax Compromise
Tax deal cut social security funding and Bachmann says Obama is planning a tax increase soon.
November 22, 2010 07:05
Average family of four owes $1,525,000 of which they are unaware
If the Government confiscated everything, the social programs would still be $50 trillion short and the Government would still be bankrupt. Furthermore, no company or individual would be left with anything.
