Social Security on Townhall

• Broke at the Beginning Wed May 15
  John Ransom
  One of the earliest pieces of literature that contributes to the history of Social Security is Time Magazine’s Pie from The Sky, an account of a House Committee hearing called to deal with “reforming” Social Security. The hearing was held four years after passage of the Act and before even a single check was written to old age beneficiaries. ... more
• Up to 160,000 Social Security numbers exposed in Washington state court hack Thu May 9
  Reuters News
• The Problem with Social Security Reform is the Gov Already Stole the Money Tue Apr 30
  Bill Tatro
  I’ve been waiting in the wings very patiently for the all the uproar to die down before I weighed in on the incredibly stupid 2010 comment made by former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson in which he called me and my fellow senior citizens, “The greediest generation.” ... more
• Do We Really Have to Pay for All This? Mon Apr 15
  Bruce Bialosky
  There are legitimate debates about public policy issues. Those discussions do not have to be turned into demonizing the other side as Al Gore stylized regarding Global Warming and Paul Krugman now personifies regarding our massive deficit and debt. ... more
• Pravda Means Never Having to Tell the Truth Sun Apr 14
  John Ransom
  This phony idea that somehow Social Security is “special” or “segregated” just allows the government to pretend that payroll taxes aren’t taxes, but more like a savings account we all pay into and to which we are all entitled. ... more
• Both parties wary of Obama's proposal to cut Social Security Thu Apr 11
  Reuters News
• Why Welfare is Working Mon Apr 8
  Scottie Hughes
  Lately, it seems Republicans keep trying to brainstorm about how to attract new voters in order to win in 2014 and 2016. ... more
• Obama aims for deal with budget both sides hate Mon Apr 8
  Washington, D.C.
  President Obama is hoping to get Democrats and Republicans to compromise on a budget by sending them one they'll both hate instead of one they'll both like. ... more
• President Obama Reluctantly Embraces President Obama's Idea Fri Apr 5
  Kevin Glass
• Republicans in Massachusetts Senate race debate abortion, Social Security Wed Mar 27
  Reuters News
• Jailed for Nonpayment of Child Support - But it's Not His Child Mon Mar 25
  Rachel Alexander
  The feminists have ratcheted up the laws against men to such an outrageous level that paternity fraud is not just ignored, but routinely rubber stamped by the courts. Whether one agrees with the concept of child support or not, virtually everyone can agree that jailing men for child support over children who are not theirs is morally wrong. ... 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
• Food Stamps: Policy or Political Payoff Mon Feb 25
  Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
  In an early strategic preparation for the struggle to avoid the fiscal cliff, the president and several Democratic luminaries decided to redefine as essential several entitlement programs. In an old fashioned way of manipulating the public, they began to redefine commonly held beliefs. In the interest of time, we will share only one example. ... more
• Why Is Washington So Polarized? Sat Feb 16
  John C. Goodman
  People who have been around for a while all seem to agree. Never in living memory has the atmosphere on Capitol Hill and in Washington, D.C., generally been so toxic. ... more
• Real Talk: CBO Director Tells Democrats Social Security is a Deficit Problem Tue Feb 12
  Kevin Glass
• Is Amnesty Worth A National Bankruptcy? Tue Feb 12
  Jim Robb
  Could legalizing an estimated 11 million illegal aliens tip our precarious national finances into insolvency? ... more
• Fewer Dollars and Babies Threaten Social Programs Mon Feb 4
  Michael Barone
  Our major public policies are based on the assumption that America will continue to enjoy growth. Economic growth and population growth. ... more
• Official Lies Wed Jan 30
  Walter E. Williams
  Earlier this year, President Barack Obama warned that Social Security checks will be delayed if Congress fails to increase the government's borrowing authority by raising the debt ceiling. However, there's an issue with this warning. ... more
• America Needs a New Birth of Freedom Mon Jan 28
  Star Parker
  Journalist Bill Moyers, who worked as an assistant to President Lyndon Johnson, shared memories in a column last year about how his old boss thought about our entitlement programs. ... more
• US sen. from Pa.: Expand Social Security screening Sun Jan 27
  AP News
• 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
• Two Years After a Very Modest Proposal Sun Jan 20
  Brian Birdnow
  Last week the inside pages of the daily newspapers mentioned something that should alarm every American taxpayer. The little noted expiration of the two year old payroll tax break of 2011-12, and the consequent increase of the Social Security payroll tax from 4.2% of wages paid to 6.2% of wages paid became effective on New Years Day, 2013. ... more
• The Speech President Obama Should Give Fri Jan 18
  Linda Chavez
  President Obama's second inaugural address will be full of lofty sentiments and promises to move us forward. But I'd like to suggest that instead of eloquent and uplifting rhetoric, the president do something unexpected and brave. ... 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
• Get A Bill Passed, Mr. Speaker Tue Jan 8
  Hugh Hewitt
  Republicans are 1-4 against President Obama, having lost two elections and two big showdowns with him. The only time the GOP won a round was after the blowout of 2010, and that win was limited in time –a two year extension of the Bush era tax rates. ... more

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