Thoughts from the Frontline: Tag = "Social Security"

Dangerous Assumptions
  • November 4, 2022

Dangerous Assumptions

Historically speaking, this phase of life we call “retirement” is a new concept. The idea you could stop working at a certain age was unknown until quite recently. People worked as long as they physically could, then died quickly unless they had family or servants to care for them. That was normal and accepted.

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A Trillion Here, a Trillion There…
  • June 10, 2022

A Trillion Here, a Trillion There…

Complaining about federal debt is a time-honored American tradition. Remember Ross Perot and his hockey-stick charts? Then there was Harry Figgie’s 1992 best-selling book, Bankruptcy 1995. It was quite a sensation at the time.

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