May 17, 2014
'She's Just a Child': 9-Year-Old Taken Away in Handcuffs
READ THIS | TWEET IT | SHARE IT
WATCH: New York's State Snack Is Skewered
READ THIS | TWEET IT | SHARE IT
Are You Tired of Benghazi? Nancy Pelosi Thinks You Are.
READ THIS | TWEET IT | SHARE IT
Find Out What the Obama Administration Kept Secret at the IRS
READ THIS | TWEET IT | SHARE IT
Their TV Show Was Canceled. What’s Next for These Brothers?
READ THIS | TWEET IT | SHARE IT
EDITOR'S PICK
Q&A: What Kind of Terrorists Would Kidnap Little Girls?
READ THIS | TWEET IT | SHARE IT
POLICY PICTURE
Share on Facebook | Tweet It
Saving for Retirement -- Without the Government
We can all agree that it’s good for Americans to save for retirement. But should the government expand from providing old-age entitlement benefits to controlling personal retirement investments as well?
Whether you want to or not, we're forced to pay into Social Security and Medicare. But today’s working Americans don’t have the guarantee that these programs will be there to carry us through retirement. Why? The taxes we’re paying now are supporting today’s retirees – not tomorrow’s. And Congress may change the benefits, especially since these programs are significantly underfunded.
Ideally, we would have the option to save our own money in the way we want – and government programs would be the safety net they were supposed to be, to protect America’s vulnerable from poverty.
Brown v. Board of Education at 60: How One Decision Changed My Life
The New 'Godzilla' Is Science Fiction -- and Climate Fiction
Quick Hits