Tag: Social Security
Social Security Trust Fund: Why no truth?
Regardless of one’s attitude towards the Social Security system, the refusal by liberals to admit the fraud of the system’s trust fund remains an obstacle to honest discussion of the system’s future.
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 27, 2011
Today: Huelskamp on spending as driving economic growth; No Wichita Pachyderm this week; Government spending secrets; Wichita city council; Wichita city budget input; Fracking facts.
Greenwald and Sanders try to defend Social Security, slam Charles and David Koch
Are the free market critics of Social Security a shadowy “echo chamber” seeking to end the system for the benefit of the rich, or sounding a fact-based alarm that government and its supporters dispute and don’t want you to hear?
Pompeo updates constituents on spending, debt, government interventionism
In a public form and office interview, U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo of Wichita spoke on the topics of federal spending, debt, and government interventionism.
Federal debt limit seen as test of resolve
Will raising the debt limit signal to markets what we want? Or will it signal an unwillingness to deal with tough decisions on spending and debt in the near term?
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 16, 2011
Today: Wichita City Council this week; Wichita as art curator; Legislature fails to confront KPERS; Over 30 major news organizations linked to George Soros; Romney seen as candidate of business, not capitalism; Programs for elderly must be cut; Social Security seen as unwise, financially; Market development in Wichita.
Reisman: Social Security, Medicare must end
The institutions of Social Security and Medicare have replaced individualism with reliance on a collective fraud.
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 11, 2011
Today: Social security entitlement; New York Times may be offended; Kansas Legislature website; General Electric tax bill; sweet deal for big sugar; Williams on role of government.
Social Security trust fund: a problem in disguise
We must face the fact that the Social Security trust fund is an economic mirage.