Our View Social Security a Poor Investment
A column argues for partial privatization of Social Security, citing higher market returns than the 2 percent typical federal yield. It asserts privatization would empower workers, preserve freedom, and potentially raise retirement wealth, especially for low income individuals, while warning of solvency strains if maintained.
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Wall Street
White House
Ari Fleischer
Fleischer
Bush
Social Security
Feds
Politicians and the Great Mood: Hoover FDR Economics Revisited
Thomas Lowell argues that government actions shape the Great Depression more than the stock market crash. He cites Hoover and Roosevelt, Hawley Smoot tariffs, and Fed policy as worsening outcomes, while noting MIT economist Temin’s contrary comparison and warning against overbearing regulation.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Federal Reserve
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe
Hoover
Fdr
Roosevelt
Congress
Peter Temin
MIT
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Law system exploited by drive-by discrimination suits
CAL THOMAS outlines how private businesses face federal claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and EEOC rulings. He cites a Joe's Stone Crab decision in which damages were reduced and mentions another case at a West Palm Beach cabaret. He argues some lawsuits are frivolous, driven by lawyers, and contends reforms are needed.
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America
Miami Beach
EEOC
Joe’s
11Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Daniel T.K. Hurley
Joe
Robert Soloff
Soloff
Orlando
Wildside
West Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Mark Foley
Boca Raton
Miami Herald
Dickens
Bumble
Thomas
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P.O. Box
Odessa
Pulrzer Prize
Freedom Communications
SaArer
Joan Kerr
Ken Broonax
ZOO
Dayton
Thomas Lowell
Cal Thomas
Jo Anne Bass
Lillmore
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