Entitlement Programs on Townhall

• Is There Room in the G.O.P. Tent for the Poor? Wed Mar 13
  Ken Connor
  The question, then, is not whether we should help "the least of these," it's how. When Republicans object to programs touted as beneficial to the poor, they must do a better job of explaining why. Too often, the Progressive approach to social justice fails to solve the problem, and in many cases only makes matters worse. ... more
• Greatest Generation the Most Entitled Thu Mar 7
  Jonah Goldberg
  One thing nearly everybody agrees upon is that the "sequester" is a silly sideshow to the real challenge facing America: unsustainable spending on entitlements. Ironies abound. ... more
• Government Spending Hurts People Tue Feb 26
  Phil Kerpen
  We should not accept the statist premise that most government spending helps people. Government spending is not just wasteful or inefficient, but all too often serves to crush the private economy and individual freedom. ... more
• A Politician’s Guide to the Dollar Bill Savings Plan Fri Feb 15
  Neal Boortz
  Before this column is done I’m going to make a point on federal spending that really should open your eyes. Actually, you will think that it’s so basic and simple that it’s a wonder nobody has presented it to you in this manner before! ... more
• Pelosi: We Don't Have a Spending Problem Mon Feb 11
  Guy Benson
• CBO: Debt Spiral Deepening, Health Costs Soaring Wed Feb 6
  Guy Benson
• Four More Lost Years of Empty, Clueless Rhetoric Wed Jan 23
  Donald Lambro
  If you thought President Obama's first term was one long, uninterrupted political brawl, the next four years will make that period look tame by comparison. ... more
• Obama's Definition of 'Liberty' Wed Jan 23
  Susan Brown
  Oh, how far-removed we are from what now seems like the "innocent" Bill Clinton days when all we had to worry about was the various definitions of the word "is". And now, after watching President Obama's second term inaugural address, it is clear we have a president who calls into question the meaning of the word "liberty." ... more
• The Escalating Effect Tue Jan 15
  Armstrong Williams
  Sometimes, looking at the political discourse in this country, I wonder if we really understand the ratchet effect of increasing government programs and power over time: unlike in business, unlike in nature, unlike in, well, real life, failure is not punished, but at best ignored, at worst rewarded. Once a program is in place, it is almost never repealed, even when Republicans obtain political power because voters become dependent on it. ... more
• History Suggests That Entitlement Era Is Winding Down Mon Jan 14
  Michael Barone
  It's often good fun and sometimes revealing to divide American history into distinct periods of uniform length. ... more
• Leadership Jobs Open Fri Dec 28
  Mona Charen
  Who wants a fantastic job? Unemployment is high, so there ought to be many candidates. The job is leader of the Republican Party. ... more
• After the Disaster: American Rebirth or Interment? Thu Dec 27
  Terry Jeffrey
  America is now in a time that in some ways resembles the 1850s, when freedom-loving people, attentive to political and cultural trends, saw a great crisis coming. ... more
• It's the Spending, Stupid! Wed Dec 19
  John Stossel
  Listening to progressive media pundits, I'd think the most evil man in the universe is Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform. His crime? He heads a movement that asks political candidates to pledge not to raise taxes. ... more
• While Feds Dawdle, States Tackle Fiscal Problems Mon Dec 17
  Michael Barone
  Democrats in Washington declare that they will absolutely, positively allow no changes whatever in the nation's unsustainable entitlement programs -- Social Security and Medicare. ... more
• No Entitlements Wed Dec 12
  Cal Thomas
  While the U.S. unemployment rate "dropped" to 7.7 percent last month -- a figure even The Washington Post acknowledged was due "...in large part because the labor force fell by 350,000..." -- here in this modern and prosperous city-state of slightly more than 5 million people, unemployment is practically nonexistent. ... more
• The American Welfare State Fri Dec 7
  Linda Chavez
  Throughout the presidential campaign, Republican candidates pointed to the number of food stamp recipients -- increasing from 33 million people in 2009 to 43 million in 2012 -- as a sign that poverty had skyrocketed under President Obama. But a new study suggests that the reason there has been such an increase in food stamp recipients during the last four years is even more pernicious. ... more
• Higher Tax Rates Won't Support Entitlement State Thu Dec 6
  Michael Barone
  The fiscal cliff negotiations seem to be foundering on Barack Obama's insistence on higher tax rates on high earners and House Republican leaders' insistence on opposing them. The president believes he has a mandate from voters for his position, and House Republicans believe they have a mandate from voters for theirs. ... more
• Progressives Support Welfare for the Rich Wed Dec 5
  Jacob Sullum
  Since Republicans are pushing entitlement reform and Democrats like taking money from rich people, you might think they could agree on means-testing Medicare and Social Security as part of a deficit reduction deal. ... more
• Jedi Mind Trick Nation Wed Dec 5
  Ben Shapiro
  In the original "Star Wars", Jedi Obi Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) have to smuggle two droids into the criminal-infested, Empire-guarded city of Mos Eisley. The Empire has been looking for the droids, which contain secret information. But Obi Wan has a solution: when our heroes are confronted by emissaries of the Empire, he simply waves his hand. "These aren't the droids you're looking for." The weak-minded Stormtrooper promptly waves the group through. Obi Wan was using an old Jedi mind trick. Welcome to America, 2012. ... more
• Fixing the Fiscal Cliff Will Hasten Entitlement Crisis Wed Nov 21
  Kevin Glass
• Why Seniors Should Prefer Ryan’s Medicare Plan to Obama’s Thu Oct 4
  Peter Ferrara
  DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz described the Medicare reforms proposed by GOP Vice-Presidential nominee and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as "literally a death trap for seniors." White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that Ryan's reforms would "change Medicare as we know it." ... more
• Obama ECard: Hey Mom, Can You Spare $18,000 For My Birth Control? Fri Sep 28
  Katie Pavlich
• Obama: Industrial Age Solutions to Information Age Challenges Thu Sep 27
  Michael Barone
  In 2008, voters under 30 preferred Barack Obama over John McCain by a 66 to 32 percent margin. Among older voters, Obama led McCain by 50 to 49 percent. ... more
• Romney Was Clumsy, but He Had a Point Thu Sep 20
  Debra J. Saunders
  "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Mitt Romney told donors in a $50,000-a-plate Florida fundraiser that was secretly recorded in May and released by Mother Jones this week. ... more
• Romney: 47% Of Americans Will Vote for Obama No Matter What Mon Sep 17
  Kevin Glass

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