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WILL: ANOTHER ENTITLEMENT FOR SENIORS

WASHINGTON -- Three years before Rep. Wilbur Mills, the Arkansas Democrat who then chaired the Ways and Means Committee, had his fling with a stripper named Fanne Foxe, aka "The Argentine Firecracker" (Mills joined her on stage at Boston's...

Published 10-22-2009 12:01 AM by George F. Will

Filed under: entitlements, Seniors

4 Ways To Cut Health Care Costs Without Obama's Reforms

Is there anything in your life you think would be better if it were run by government bureaucrats? For most of us, the answer is a laughable “No.” -- Newt Gingrich The American people generally like the care they're getting in our health...

Published 07-01-2009 7:14 AM by John Hawkins

Filed under: health care, entitlements, medicare, government spending

The Cruelest Tax of Them All

As bad as the current state of the economy is, the fear of what is yet to come is even worse. My biggest fear: inflation. Ronald Reagan said it best in 1978: “Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber, and as deadly...

Published 06-19-2009 12:04 AM by T. J. Brown

Filed under: entitlements, economic recovery, inflation

SAMUELSON: Wrong-Way Health "Reform"

WASHINGTON -- It's hard to know whether President Obama's health care "reform" is naive, hypocritical or simply dishonest. Probably all three. The president keeps saying it's imperative to control runaway health spending. He's...

Published 06-15-2009 12:04 AM by Robert Samuelson

Filed under: health care, entitlements, medicare

Health Care Refom Must Heed Lessons of Social Security's Failures

A few decades ago, some folks in the federal government decided that pretty much everybody was incapable of saving money: so incapable, in fact, that the government decided that it would force us all to save for our own retirement. So, since 1935, the...

Published 06-09-2009 12:02 AM by John Beski

Filed under: health care, entitlements, social security

America: Writhing Under The Weight Of History

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -- A corruption of a quote by George Santayana Not so long ago, Argentina ran up a crushing debt. Eventually, when it become clear that Argentina was unable to pay, it led to an...

Published 06-02-2009 9:43 AM by John Hawkins

Filed under: entitlements, economic recovery, history

And, Now We're Broke

Guess what, we're broke! Barack Obama has finally figured it out. After all of the borrowing and taxing and spending, our new president has had an epiphany. We're broke! The Drudge Report gave us the transcript of Barack Obama's newest message...

Published 05-26-2009 9:05 AM by Cassy Fiano

Filed under: economy, budget, entitlements, deficit

Obama's Right: We Are Out of Money, And Here's Why

" We're out of money. " President Barack Obama said those sobering words to C-Span reporter Steve Scully. He blamed the current economic crisis, but also used the opportunity to promote his health care agenda. He said America is operating...

Published 05-26-2009 8:51 AM by Duane Lester

Filed under: taxes, economy, entitlements, debt

The Biggest American Business

Pandering politicians found a perfect punching bag in Corporate America over the past few years, but particularly so in the past few months of the recession. With rising unemployment rates, Americans wanted someone to blame and who better than CEOs making...

Published 05-14-2009 12:03 AM by Lorie Byrd

Filed under: unemployment, economy, bailouts, entitlements

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