Time to Opt Out of the Social Security Ponzi Scheme

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  June 16th at 02:30 PM  | 

The Social Security Ponzi scheme is perhaps the most consequential government infringement upon our lives.  Conservatives are justifiably outraged that Obama egregiously mandated that we purchase health insurance.  However, the individual mandate is not nearly as meddlesome and tyrannical as the government’s complete control over our retirement security.  The only reason why these two programs are regarded differently by the public, is because Social Security | Read More »

Beware the Gang of Six

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 28th at 06:39 AM  | 

Imagine for a moment a private financial services firm caught running a ponzi scheme in which public funds were spent on lavish projects for the manager’s friends.  Astoundingly, instead of incarcerating the perpetrators and returning the money to the investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) negotiates with the criminals.  That’s right.  The SEC collaborates with the criminal executives to force the public to contribute | Read More »

Perpetuating the Social Security Ponzi Scheme is Not Conservative

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  January 5th at 08:26 AM  | 

When Bernie Madoff was caught running a Ponzi scheme, he was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment. Needless to say, the Ponzi scheme was prorogated immediately.  Unfortunately, when the leftists in government were caught purloining the funds from the mandatory Social Security retirement program, they were rewarded with reelection.  Worse yet, they still have the power to force us to contribute more, receive less, and raise the | Read More »

Social Security is the Poison Pill of the Debt Commission’s Proposal

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  December 2nd at 02:31 PM  | 

If the only legislative option is to vote on the entire report from the Debt Commission, then the changes in Social Security should serve as a poison pill to prevent any Republican from supporting it. While there are definitely some good proposals in the report that call for spending cuts, anyone who calls themselves a conservative cannot support the commission’s report as a package deal.  | Read More »