Federal Programs
Trust Funds: Real and Imaginary
It is interesting that the basic framework of the U.S. unemployment compensation program was first established in the Social Security Act of 1935. Although both programs have trust funds, one is real, and one is imaginary. Due to the COVID-19 “pandemic,” state...
Benjamin Franklin on “Doing Good to the Poor”
The federal government lacks any legitimate constitutional authority to establish welfare programs for the poor. Not only that, the federal welfare system fails in its promise to “help the poor” out of poverty. Supporters of the expansive federal welfare...
Abolish the CDC and NIH
Did you know that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spends public money to warn of attacks by hordes of zombies? Really. The program is designed to make some demographic groups more receptive to CDC propaganda—or rather, “messaging.” But spending...
The Conflicting Visions That Shaped America
There have been two conflicting visions in American history that have shaped our nation. As conditions in the United States continue to worsen, it is important that Americans engage in serious soul-searching to determine which vision should be embraced going forward....