I called this Redux because I wrote this one, Social Security less than a year ago. Government programs that you thought you could rely upon are really at the whim of whoever is in office at the time. The other … Continue reading
Tag Archives: politics
36. The Food of the Cape
When I took the job at AT&T, part of the move was to rent the apartment that was available in a building that Elinor owned. Her mother (Gram) lived on the first floor, her nephew Gary lived on the second … Continue reading
Firearms Control
The Federalist Point of View On December 15, 1791 the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were enacted. We know them as our Bill of Rights. We believe in them and protect them above all else in our Government. Freedoms … Continue reading
To Kill or to Capture
“Gentlemen we can rebuild him, we have the technology” is in the opening to the fanciful 1970’s TV series The Six Million Dollar Man. Interestingly, no one ever asks if we should rebuild him, because it is somehow assumed that … Continue reading
Social Security
In honor of the receipt of my very first Social Security check deposit this week, I thought it appropriate to look into some of the myths of the Social Security Administration. In these days of off-the-chart deficit spending, raising the … Continue reading