Social Security

The Ridiculousness of the Payroll Tax Cut

By Bruce Bialosky (Jan 09, 2012)

To even write a column with this title risks being classified as someone out of touch with average Americans. Nevertheless, I’m confident in my conviction on this issue; and,... more

Social Security Disaster

By Walter E. Williams (Oct 05, 2011)

Politicians who are principled enough to point out the fraud of Social Security, referring to it as a lie and Ponzi scheme, are under siege. Acknowledgment of... more

Superman vs. Warm Body

By Thomas Sowell (Sep 27, 2011)

One of the problems in trying to select a leader for any large organization or institution is the tendency to start out looking for Superman, passing up many good... more

Gov. Perry's Right About Social Security

By Walter E. Williams (Sep 21, 2011)

During the recent GOP presidential debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said that Social Security is a "monstrous lie" and a "Ponzi scheme." More and more people are coming to see... more

The 'Ponzi' Sound Bite

By Thomas Sowell (Sep 20, 2011)

Many in the media and in politics have gone ballistic over the fact that Texas Governor Rick Perry called Social Security "a Ponzi scheme." Although many act... more

Romney's Ponzi Phobia

By Janet M. LaRue (Sep 19, 2011)

When it comes to Social Security, Republicans should stop treating seniors like the feeble-minded demographic portrayed in commercials written by 13-year-olds on Madison... more

Gov. Perry and the Ponzi Scheme

By Bill Murchison (Sep 13, 2011)

So much for the spirit of we're-all-in-it-together, which prevailed, more or less, at the 9/11 commemorations. The next day, President Barack Obama showed up in... more

Memo to GOP: Social Security Demagoguery Is the Province of Liberals

By David Limbaugh (Sep 13, 2011)

It is very disheartening to see Republican presidential primary candidates racing to out-demagogue one another in denouncing Texas Gov. Rick Perry's accurate description of... more

Of Course Social Security Is a Ponzi Scheme

By Star Parker (Sep 12, 2011)

  I have a great plan for “saving” Social Security. Today’s average U.S. life expectancy is 78 years.  Let’s make the retirement... more

Uncle Sam's IOUs Can't Save Social Security

By Jeff Jacoby (Sep 07, 2011)

  My mother's mother revered Franklin Roosevelt. She voted for him four times, and firmly defended him decades later, when I tried to convince her that FDR... more

Where is Our Treasure?

By Marvin Olasky (Sep 06, 2011)

We're regularly told how complex the national debt issue is, particularly with programs like Social Security and Medicare radically underfunded. I agree that Medicare is... more

A Ponzi Scheme? That's Not the Point

By Jeff Jacoby (Sep 06, 2011)

Charles Ponzi was a Boston swindler who in 1920 bilked thousands of people out of millions of dollars by selling them bonds that guaranteed a fabulous rate of return -- 100... more

Heaven Help the Aged

By Ken Connor (Sep 05, 2011)

They say there are only two sure things in life: death and taxes.  Thanks to unbelievable gains in medical technology in recent years however, most Americans are now... more

The Missing Money

By Thomas Sowell (Jun 21, 2011)

One of my earliest memories of revulsion against war came from seeing a photograph from the First World War when I was a teenager. It was nothing gory. Just a picture of a... more

20 Notable Quotes By And About Osama Bin Laden

By John Hawkins (May 03, 2011)

The biggest terrorist on Planet Earth has, at long last, been delivered to justice courtesy of a SEAL's bullet. Some people may say we haven't won anything because killing... more

Make 70 the New 65

By Michelle Malkin (Apr 13, 2011)

It's time for a 21st-century retirement age. If 40 is the new 20 and 50 is the new 30, why shouldn't 70 be the new 65? The last time Washington politicians tinkered ever so... more

Social Security: Why America Can and Should Allow Private Accounts

By Howard Rich (Mar 10, 2011)

The Social Security debate is no different than the debate over any other government program – there are just a lot more zeroes involved. Of course the more zeroes, the less... more

Social Security Reform: The New Radicalism

By Joseph C. Phillips (Oct 18, 2010)

There is, perhaps, no better testament to how far this nation has drifted from the principles of individual liberty, free markets, and private property than that those... more

Social Security Example of Government Rigor Mortis

By Star Parker (Oct 04, 2010)

Keeping government limited is a practical approach to governing that opens the door to growth and prosperity. Why? Consider a fundamental difference between... more

Considering Taking Social Security Early? Think About What This Might Mean for Your Spouse

By Carrie Schwab Pomerantz (Sep 15, 2010)

Dear Carrie: My husband and I are both considering taking Social Security next year at age 62. I'm told that I could draw on my husband's account and potentially collect more... more

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