New Video: Tough Decisions
New Video: Tough Decisions For months the White House has maintained that any “balanced approach” to deficit reduction must include entitlement reform. President Obama has talked about the need to...
View ArticleNot everyone who gets welfare needs it
. . . and not all of them spend their money sensibly.
View ArticleFood Stamps for Lobster and Steak!
Take a look at this image to which a friend drew my attention. Then, read the brief post on the subject at the blog that posted the image. (LANGUAGE WARNING) The subject of welfare fraud is important,...
View ArticleWhat Happens to All That Tax Money? (Hint: Most of it goes to Social Security...
Long ago, Americans grew immune to reports of federal spending in the billions and then the trillions. It is almost impossible to shock taxpayers. Nevertheless, they do pause every year when they pay...
View ArticleWhere Does Your Tax Dollar Go?
ICYMI, on Tax Day, Heritage provided a useful chart showing federal spending, by percent, laid out on an image of a dollar bill. As it happens, we at Western Free Press did the same thing last year....
View ArticleAmnesty Will Cost America Dearly
Heritage Foundation Puts the Tab at $6.3 Trillion Just in time for Senate consideration of the immigration reform bill, the Heritage Foundation added fuel to the debate with an astonishing estimate of...
View ArticleArthur Brooks: If you care about the poor, you must support entitlement reform
There’s evidence, and then there’s supposition and rhetoric based on emotion without any data. The latter screams that anyone who calls for entitlement reform hates poor people and wants grandma to eat...
View ArticleObama’s Lasting Legacy: Transforming America
A Nation of Dependents That Sustain the Democratic Party On the eve of the election in 2008, Barack Obama got lost in his own enthusiasm and revealed his agenda for the coming presidency when he said,...
View ArticleThe Great Food Stamp Binge, Part 1
Part 1 of a powerful—and enraging—series from Fox News.
View ArticleThe Great Food Stamp Binge, Part 2
Part 2 of a powerful—and enraging—series from Fox News.
View ArticleChart: Detroit’s problems are nothing in comparison to the federal government’s!
Take a moment to understand the horrifying implications of this chart: (More from Heritage)
View ArticleThe Great Food Stamp Binge, Part 3
Part 3 of a powerful—and enraging—series from Fox News.
View ArticleIs America the new Rome, and are libertarians geeks?
The first, a serious question, one which we ourselves explored a bit in Rome, America, and the Collapse of the Welfare State. The second—well, we’ll leave it to you to decide.
View ArticleThe Great Food Stamp Binge, Part 4
Part 4 of a powerful—and enraging—series from Fox News.
View ArticleThe Great Food Stamp Binge, Part 5
Part 5 of a powerful—and enraging—series from Fox News.
View ArticleThe Great Food Stamp Binge, Part 6
Part 6 of a powerful—and enraging—series from Fox News.
View ArticleVideo—Star Parker on Stossel: People Are Taking Advantage of Welfare
From Last Week: From 2010: Dependency ruins lives—why would we be trying to make more of it?
View ArticleWe’re in the Matrix, and the Democrats are the Machines
Wake up, Neo. In the aftermath of the short-lived, but politically potent, government shutdown, we learned some shocking news: Democrats plan to try to use the leverage they (think) they gained from...
View ArticleBoiling Frogs
ObamaCare is merely the natural extension of the welfare state we’ve evolved into over the past century. We now offer 99 weeks of unemployment insurance, which acts to discourage its recipients from...
View ArticleObama’s Failed Central Planning
Many national economies are having trouble these days as they are either slowing down or not expanding. Remember, the only way to a successful economy is through continuous expansion. Two of the...
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