U.S. Debt
The U.S. Debt Burden: $30 Trillion-Plus Converted to Per Person
Most folks really couldn’t absorb what $20 trillion of U.S. debt meant in the 2016 Presidential election cycle. I’d venture over $30 trillion now really doesn’t feel different. It’s still huge. But that’s just one word. “Huge”. I thought it would be more useful to see what the amount we owe as a nation is…
Read MoreSocial Security Versus Disability: Obscuring Their Future Through Assumptions
The Social Security and Disability Insurance programs’ Trustees issued their annual report to Congress as expected this month. Their message is even more strongly worded — that the Social Security and Disability Insurance programs face longer-term insolvency of an astounding magnitude. But this year’s modeling utilized aggressive assumptions to hide how quickly the catastrophe is barreling…
Read MoreSocial Security Protection? Just the Opposite! The Summer of 2015 Spending Bill
Did your Representative vote for last summer’s omnibus spending bill? Try finding that bill and those votes on Congress’s website. There’s a huge, hidden story behind the votes. The spending bill may have prevented a shutdown of the government, but it had some retirement surprises. The least talked about in this electorate-fragmenting election was the…
Read MoreU.S. Debt: What No Candidate Mentions
The biggest issue facing the nation is one that no candidate mentions. Maybe all the antics and hate-mongering are a ruse to distract voters from the silence. The issue is our national debt burden. A dull topic perhaps, or involving math, or maybe involving time or thought. Certainly not fun or entertaining. Let me counter…
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