Tag Archives : entitlements
The European Welfare State Means a Stifling Burden for Middle-Class Taxpayers
Even onerous taxes on the rich aren’t enough.
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Social Security’s Creeping Fiscal Crisis
Social Security deficits are going to explode in coming decades.
read more...The World’s Demographic Crisis Is Actually a Policy Crisis
Bad things happen to welfare states when the population pyramid becomes a population cylinder.
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Trump’s Paid Parental Leave Entitlement: Bad for the Economy, Bad for Women
Government-mandated paid parental leave is a bad idea.
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Making Social Security Worse for Rich People Won’t Change the Fact that the Program Is Bad News for Poor People
Social Security is a bad deal for workers
read more...Bureaucrat Pensions and America’s Brazilian Future
Many American states have made unaffordable and unfunded promises to give lavish benefits to retired bureaucrats.
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Six Sobering Charts about America’s Grim Future from CBO’s New Report on the Long-Run Fiscal Outlook
Maybe this time the data is so depressing that both the electorate and politicians will wake up.
read more...IMF Data from Asia: Aging Populations Will Mean More Taxes and Fewer Benefits for Workers Trapped in Government-Run Retirement Programs
Why private retirement accounts are the best approach.
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A 50-Day Economic Report Card on the Trump Presidency
Lots of noise does not mean lots of action.
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Can Politicians Save the Welfare State by Urging – or even Subsidizing – More Baby-Making?
Pyramid schemes based on demographics will eventually fail, too.
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