Opinion Forum

Living in Panamá, Social Security, Medicare, Me and More

September 11th, 2012

By Dan Miller Many problems face the nation and President Obama has shown that his administration is not able even to begin to solve them. Someone posted this on my Face Book wall: You’re Panamanian. You’re living on Medicare. You’re living on Social Security. And you’re a Republican. With all due respect please explain yourself […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: economy, Medicare, national debt, Obama, Social Security, unsustainable
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Wanted: Sacrifices for Obama’s Reelection Campaign

July 19th, 2011

By Dan Miller President Obama and others negotiating an end to the debt limit mess are searching for ways out of a political crisis of their own making and trying desperately to kick cans full of worms and of blame down the road to avoid losses during next year’s elections. Solving the underlying problems would […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: crisis, debt limit, entitlements, Medicare, negotiations, pandering, SS, taxes
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National Financial Recovery Requires Sacrifice

May 16th, 2011

By Tom Carter Robert Samuelson has been writing on economics and business for well over 30 years. However, he’s not an economist; his academic field at Harvard was government and politics. That alone may explain why his views on economics are more logical than those of professional economists. It should be clear to everyone at […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: crisis, cuts, debt, deficits, financial, fiscal, Medicare, Social Security
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It Was a Great Speech!

April 14th, 2011

By Dan Miller It was a masterstroke which should be recorded as the high point of his presidency. As I read the advance text of President Obama’s thoughtfully smart proposals to reduce the deficit, some options British Prime Minister Hacker (fictitious) considered for a party political — his first after becoming PM in Yes, Prime […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: budget, debt, deficit, Medicare, Social Security, spending, taxes
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Is Suicide the Answer?

April 14th, 2011

By Tom Carter I’ve been thinking about a column by Robert Samuelson since I read it on Sunday. Given that the government’s annual deficits and total debt are unsustainable and that neither politicians nor the people are willing to do what’s necessary, Samuelson concludes, “Government is suicidal because it breeds expectations that cannot be met.” […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: budget, debt, deficit, Medicare, politicians, satire, Social Security, suicide
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