Category Archives: Entitlement Programs

Welfare and the War on Poverty

Posted on 25-Jul-2012 by Highvoltage

I recently read a blog post from Director Blue about a couple in Brooklyn who scammed the Federal Government out of over $100,000 in Food Stamps and Medicaid while owning luxury automobiles. “Rivka Baror, 51, and her husband Avraham Baror, … Continue reading →

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Krugman and the Luddites

Posted on 20-Jul-2012 by Highvoltage

The Nobel Prize winning economist and former Enron consultant Paul Krugman recently produced another hack job that shows he’s not interested in getting to the heart of problems but more interested in promoting the class warfare straw man that Obama … Continue reading →

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OK Conservatives, Now What?

Posted on 06-Jul-2012 by Highvoltage

As I stated earlier this week, the SCOTUS decision on Obamacare should have awoken all Conservatives for the 2nd time but what are we going to do now that we’re awake?  Yes, I know, we need to fight the Left … Continue reading →

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Is The American Dream Over?

Posted on 31-May-2012 by Highvoltage

American Exceptionalism is the theory that the United States of America was the first nation created with liberty, equal rights and laissez-faire all rolled into one.  American Exceptionalism believes that the fierce adherence to these ideals can lead to the … Continue reading →

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Who Controls the US Government?

Posted on 10-May-2012 by Highvoltage

It seems Obama is hitching his re-election wagon to the Class Warfare/Income Inequality meme and at least weekly we see speeches like this one where he says the only way to get out of this financial mess is to tax … Continue reading →

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Time to Reform Welfare

Posted on 22-Apr-2012 by Highvoltage

In a previous post I took a deep dive into Social Security and showed how we are on an unsustainable path but I offered a solution to get us into a more fiscally conservative position.  Now I’d like to tackle … Continue reading →

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Detroit aka Little Greece

Posted on 03-Apr-2012 by Highvoltage

We have watched over the past few months as Greece has come to grips with its decades of living beyond its means and with its debt now equal to 170% of its GDP, the country has reached a tipping point. … Continue reading →

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The Lies Of Obamacare Exposed

Posted on 15-Mar-2012 by Highvoltage

It’s been a bad week for Obamacare and the bad news has come in threes:  1) We have learned that people will not be able to keep their insurance if they like it, 2) Obamacare is going to cost more than … Continue reading →

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How Do Liberals Lie To Thee?

Posted on 13-Mar-2012 by Highvoltage

Let the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) count the ways.  After taking another look at the costs associated with implementing Obamacare, the CBO determined that taxpayers will have to come up with an extra $820 billion over ten years to meet … Continue reading →

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Socialism in the Old Testament

Posted on 13-Feb-2012 by Highvoltage

Chapter 31 of Genesis gives an amazing example of the evils of Socialism and what the Producers must eventually do to get out from under that oppression. This past Sunday, my preacher delivered a fascinating message today based on Genesis … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich – Ignorant or Evil?

Posted on 08-Feb-2012 by Highvoltage

Today on Marketplace Robert Reich, professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkley, weighed in on the idea that America turning into an ‘entitlement state’ or worse, ‘European style welfare system.” Mr. Reich’s full comments are pasted below … Continue reading →

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A Social Security Reform Plan

Posted on 12-Jan-2012 by Highvoltage

This is the first in a series of periodic investigations into so called “entitlement” programs which include Social Security, Welfare, Medicare, Medicaid and Unemployment Insurance.  I hope to address each one in a separate post and answer such questions as … Continue reading →

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Is This How We Run a Country?

Posted on 31-Oct-2011 by Highvoltage

If you were to start a new country, one of the things you will have to consider is how the incoming tax dollars will be spent.  A government should look at its Constitution and determine the areas that are clearly … Continue reading →

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Poverty Rate and Welfare Spending

Posted on 26-Oct-2011 by Highvoltage

I was looking at Welfare spending as a percent of GDP from the following site and wondered if this data were somehow correlated with US poverty rate from this site.  The results were startling!  Starting in the early 70’s, Welfare … Continue reading →

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