Social Security is a key component of the American Dream. After decades of hard work, retirees should be able to rest easier knowing Social Security will cover at least some of their most basic living expenses so they can live out their golden years with some breathing room.
In the nearly 14 years since the Affordable Care Act was passed, we’ve seen dozens of legislative attempts to repeal it—all to no avail.
To fix Obamacare, it’s important to first take stock of its three key failings.
Abolishing the Electoral College would be mistake. It helps make self-government work. Delegates to the Federal Convention rejected allowing the people to elect the president directly.
The Electoral College, a mechanism devised to preserve the relative electoral power of smaller states, now stands as an antiquated relic that undermines the principles of fairness and equality.
We need a system that allows veterans to have options for the best of what VA can offer, as well as the best of what the private sector can offer.
Privatization of the VHA would improve health care for veterans and nonveterans alike.
Ukraine’s argument is essentially that because Russia has never attacked a NATO country, peace for Europe requires Ukraine’s NATO accession. It’s a strong argument.
The promise to go to war should be reserved for the most important interests – ones that are vital, even existential. Ukraine is not one.
America has always been a land of refuge and will continue to be so. That is the easy part of any debate about refugee and asylum issues.
Today, the U.S. has needlessly made the administration of providing refugee protection confusing by creating two separate paths and processes: An alien overseas applies for refugee protection, while an alien at our border or inside the U.S. applies for asylum.
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Should the Social Security Retirement Age Be Raised? Yes.
If Congress does nothing to address Social Security’s shortfalls, benefits will be cut by 21 percent, across the board beginning in just nine years—in 2033. That means that anyone who is of Generation X or younger will not receive a single full benefit. Even Baby Boomers and Silent Generation retirees will be subject to cuts.…