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| | | | | There are of course a variety of reasons unrelated to economic policy to choose between Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and other candidates running for President of the United States. But as an economist ... It would be nice to vote for someone who acknowledges that the US budgets and the accumulating US debt are a | |
| | | | | www.keithhennessey.com | |
| | | | | The President and Budget Director Peter Orszag frequently say we need to "bend the health care cost curve downward" to address our long-term fiscal problems. This is correct but incomplete. Here is Director Orszag, writing in last week's Financial Times: (emphasis added) As the healthcare debate picks up in the US, there has been much discussion | |
| | | | | humbledollar.com | |
| | | | | IN A RECENT TWITTER post, a man claimed that if all the Social Security taxes he and his employers pay were invested instead, he'd accumulate $1.9 million by age 67. That sum could then generate $95,000 in annual income, he added, which is more than his anticipated Social Security benefit. He concluded that Social Security was "theft." Claims like these bother me greatly because they're often widely read and believed-and they're nonsense. Social Security is an insurance program, | |
| | | | | www.shelfreflection.com | |
| | | Topics like evangelism, the divine sovereignty of God, human responsibility, limited atonement, and more can be complex and confusing. To be sure, there are mysteries of God here. Packer talks about the relationship between God's sovereignty and evangelism in this short and easy to understand book. Packer, author of Knowing God, is, as usual, brilliant and timeless. | ||