Monthly Archives: February 2012

Mature Readers Only: A Serious Discussion on Social Security (Part I)

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The United States is on the brink of financial disaster. The federal government spends $3.8 trillion per year while collecting tax receipts of $2.2 trillion. In 2013, mandatory spending is projected to be $2.293 trillion. Mandatory spending alone (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, TARP, Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, Child Nutrition, Supplemental Security for the Disabled and Student Loans) will exceed the federal government’s yearly receipts. Social Security will be the largest mandatory spending expenditure at $820 billion per year.

So what should we do? This article is the first of two articles concerning Social Security. Today, my goal is to outline why I believe Social Security is unsustainable and unsolvable at the federal level, as well as unconstitutional. Continue reading →

Frankly, Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation Must Go

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was passed in 2010 in response to America’s near-fatal financial collapse where 8 million jobs were lost, housing prices plummeted and personal savings were wiped out.

There were many causes for this disaster, but it lead to one of the largest federal power grabs in U.S. history. Why was Dodd-Frank passed? Dodd-Frank is not about protecting consumers. It’s about the expansion of government’s power, control and money.

Dodd-Frank attacks financial institutions and creates a new regulatory agency (Consumer Financial Protection Agency – CFPA) inside the mysterious Federal Reserve. That should immediately terrify every American, but it gets worse. Continue reading →

Solutions to America’s Energy Crisis

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In 1961, President John Kennedy made this famous statement, “First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” Why aren’t Americans challenged like this by our current political leaders?

I believe the U.S. Congress should boldly stand up and make a similar statement regarding our energy crisis. Congress needs to lead. The willing members in Congress must stand on the Capitol steps and recreate President Kennedy’s famous speech, “First, ‘We the Congress’ believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of achieving 90% energy independence, so our children will not be slaves to foreign dictators and foreign cultures.” Continue reading →

A Case for Defunding Planned Parenthood

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Do you know who Margaret Sanger was? Sanger founded Planned Parenthood in 1916 to solve the “Negro Problem.” That doesn’t sound too creepy does it? She was a racist. She was evil! She believed in eliminating those “species of people” who didn’t contribute to “race betterment.” Did I mention that she was the founder of Planned Parenthood?

She believed in a concept called eugenics. Eugenics is the cleansing of society of the undesirable people who serve no value in Sanger’s insane world. She believed sterilization was needed to stop the undesirables from multiplying and she also believed that society must “weed the garden” of valueless humans. She is Adolph Hitler in a dress. It gets worse. Continue reading →

Why Don’t Kentucky Legislators Embrace Right-To-Work Legislation

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Indiana is the twenty-third state to pass Right-To-Work legislation. Kentucky is not one of those states. What is Right-To-Work (RTW)? RTW legislation permits employees to decide if they wish to pay union dues without the fear of losing their jobs.

Indiana projects private-sector employees will save $18.4 million per year from RTW legislation. Indiana’s goal is to attract more employers and more jobs by having a business friendly environment. The Heritage Foundation’s James Sherk revealed that states with RTW legislation are experiencing an unemployment rate of 9.2% while states without RTW legislation have an average unemployment rate of 9.9%. 

According to Forbes, “Indiana’s action comes as the nation’s overall union membership rate continues to slide. Last year, only 11.8 %, or 7.2 million, of the private and public workforce belonged to unions, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This compares to union membership of 20.1%, or 17.7 million workers, in 1983, the first year for which comparable union data are available, the BLS said in announcing the figures last week.” Continue reading →