Obama’s New Welfare State

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 20th at 07:00 AM  | 

Mark Skousen has the top story at Human Events today. At investment conferences, I often ask the audience, which consists mainly of mature investors: “How many of them are on Social Security and Medicare?” Most raise their hands. Then I ask, “How many of you are on food stamps?” All the hands go down. Why? Because there’s a means test to qualify for food stamps. | Read More »