A new study by the Congressional Research service reports: Welfare spending has grown substantially over the past four years, reaching $746 billion in 2011—or more than Social Security, basic defense spending or any other single chunk of the federal government. … Continue reading
Someone once offered me a great analogy of being in a dysfunctional relationship. People asked her why she stayed in it so long. She replied, “It’s kind of like being in a room with a bad odor. After awhile, you … Continue reading
Freedom is crucially important for mental health, as well as the other things psychotherapists and psychiatrists “treat.” For example, consider a person who’s depressed. Depression is a state of learned helplessness. In a free country with a booming economy, and … Continue reading
The sad thing about the upcoming presidential election is that Mitt Romney is losing — for the wrong reasons. Basically, Romney is so far losing because Obama supporters have been successful at painting him as a “rich guy who’s out … Continue reading
Conclusion of previous columns Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush History has a way of repeating itself. George W. Bush was the Herbert Hoover of his time. Like Hoover, Bush said that we needed individualism and capitalism, but not ‘too … Continue reading
Continued from yesterday’s column ‘Service to Others’ Is NOT Part of the U.S. Constitution Hoover may not have been a socialist, and he might have claimed in his book to be both against socialism and against capitalism. But whenever you … Continue reading
If you want to know why capitalism and individual rights declined in America, look no further than one of our more intellectual Presidents from the early twentieth century, Herbert Hoover. Schools teach that President Herbert Hoover’s capitalism and laissez-faire Republicanism … Continue reading
A strong country militarily and defense-wise presupposes a strong country economically. Simply put: There is no way to fund a system of defense without a strong, vibrant private economy. A strong and vibrant economy presupposes rational economic policies. Rational economic … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. Even as it stands now, with our government-generated boom-bust cycles every few years (exclusively bust in recent times), most of these working poor still manage to rise over time. Consider that black Americans—a race of people … Continue reading
You’ve heard it millions of times, and you’ll hear it throughout the Democratic National Convention: There are the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots.’ Those who have are duty-bound to give to those who do not have, based on the supposedly … Continue reading
Politicians and intellectuals are always talking about how businesses ‘should’ act, for the supposed sake of the greater good. The notion that businesses operate and make decisions only with the consent of the government is known as fascism. There are … Continue reading
The Wall Street Journal (8/22/12) reports online: The middle class — defined as households with between two-thirds and double the nation’s median income — has shrunk considerably over the past few decades, a decline that has been greatly exacerbated by … Continue reading