A Payroll Tax Cut Is a Terrible Idea Without Social Security and Medicare Reform
The Trump administration is kicking around the idea of a payroll tax cut, though it's hard to know how seriously...
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Lawmakers Are Right to Cap Exemption for Social Security Benefits
In its original form, HB1174 would have allowed Social Security recipients to exempt any income from their benefits from state...
Robert Marquette: A Libertarian Fix for Social Security and Pensions
Social Security and both public and private sector pension funds are in serious trouble. The Social Security retirement program has...
North Dakota Democrat: "Every Dollar Not Taken By The Government Will Benefit You And Your Loved Ones"
The conventional wisdom in North Dakota politics is that Democrats who want to win on the statewide ballot here have...
Goss Column: Affordable Care Act, Social Security and Medicare Shifting Income From Young To Old
More than 25 percent of the U.S. population (including President Obama) was born between 1946 and 1964. U.S. society has...
Is Social Security Racist?
Obviously, Social Security isn't racist. But the reality of how the program works definitely puts minority groups, and younger Americans,...
What's The Worst That Could Happen: Obamacare Data Hub Will Centralize Your Financial, Health Care Information
With the NSA scandal in the headlines, Americans are becoming a little more sensitive about what data the government collects...
Thanks To Out Of Control Pensions, Local Governments Spending More To Do Less
The right-left divide on government is between the liberal preference for high-tax, high-service government and the conservative preference for low-tax,...
Why Is Homeland Security Using Four Times More Ammo Than The Army?
In Congress, Rep. Jason Chaffertz is trying to get to the bottom of the Department of Homeland Security's ammunition stockpiling,...
Legislature Set To Give New State Workers Option For Defined Contribution Plans
Public pensions, nationally, are a mess and while North Dakota has escaped most of the nation's economic problems over the...
