Posts Tagged ‘Social Security’
Here Come The Taxers Again
Folks, the people pushing these tax increases are not really worried about delivering anything to the needy, they’re concerned about their paychecks. How is it that the number of state employees keeps growing as the state continues to cut services? Even an Occupier can [Read More]
On Social Security, Obama Shirks Responsibility
As our sister organization Americans for Prosperity Foundation points out in a new paper, Social Security has some very serious fiscal problems that include nearly $18 trillion in unfunded liabilities. The President has so far been unwilling to provid... [Read More]
AFP Foundation Releases: Social Security Reform Through Personal Savings Accounts
Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, our sister organization, released a bold new plan to reform the nation’s troubled Social Security program. The plan would give workers the freedom to keep payroll tax contributions in a personal savings acc... [Read More]
President Obama Forgets – Policy Reminder #3
President Obama Forgets that his latest budget proposal added trillions to the national debt. But AFP activists want to remind Obama that the nation faces an unprecedented fiscal crisis and he hasn’t done anything to fix it. In February 2011, Presi... [Read More]
No bipartisan cure for debt
The Ralph Rant Ralph Bristol November 27, 2011While many are wringing their hands and blaming partisanship for standing in the way of solutions to the nation’s debt crisis, it is actually bipartisanship that is blocking movement. Throughout our history, purely partisan [Read More]
Obama’s New Plan to Raise Taxes
remote host "w.sharethis.com" not allowedObama is going to call it the "Buffett Rule" for Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who has complained that rich people like him pay a smaller share of their income in federal taxes than middle-class taxpayers. [Read More]
Letter of Support: Rep. McCotter’s Save Social Security Act, H.R. 2889
Dear Representative McCotter, On behalf of more than 1.8 million Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write in strong support of H.R. 2889, the Save Social Security Act. Your bill harnesses the principles of property rights and indiv... [Read More]
Obama’s Job Plan May Force US to Raise Debt Limit
remote host "media.cnbc.com" not allowedIs the country ready to take on more debt? Obama seems to think so. An accumulation of another 447 billion in spending takes us another decade to pay back. This is a payment plan that is unacheiveable and has no limits. [Read More]
Obama asks $450B to lift economy, mostly tax cuts
Confronting an economy in peril, President Barack Obama unveiled a larger-than-expected $450 billion plan Thursday night to boost jobs and put cash in the pockets of dispirited Americans, urging Republican skeptics to embrace an approach heavy on the tax cuts they [Read More]
