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Over the next decade, U.S. citizens will be confronted with some difficult choices regarding our entitlement programs. The trust funds created to support Social Security and Medicare will be exhausted. When the trust funds are exhausted, these programs will shift to a cash basis and benefits may be reduced. But, as the federal government continues to incur deficits and accumulate debt at an unsustainable rate, that option is closing.

In the past, home ownership has been an important part of the American dream. Buying a home was the most important investment decision that citizens made. That investment could provide for one’s retirement; and equity in the home could be used to borrow for education, health care, and emergency expenditures.

American colonists revolted against the British government under the banner "no taxation without representation." The banner for the new property tax revolt in America is "no taxation without consent."

Financial markets just sent a wakeup call to the U.S. Eleven nations in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including Ukraine, eliminated the dollar as a reserve currency. This is the most recent signal of fundamental changes in the dollar exchange system. Other countries, most notably the BRIC nations, are aggressively expanding the use of their own currencies, especially the Yuan, as reserve currencies and as a medium of exchange.

The left wants to soak the rich by imposing high-income tax rates on upper-income families. Some even advocate the punitive income tax rates that were in effect after World War Two. Of course, upper-income families found ways to avoid such high-income tax rates through loopholes and deductions. But high income tax rates imposed on high income families have perverse effects that the left chooses to ignore. This is clear in the experience of Colorado with graduated income tax r

The assassination of Charlie Kirk has awakened Americans to the challenges facing younger generations. Throughout our history each new generation could expect to improve their income and wealth compared to older generations. But today younger generations are burdened by unprecedented levels of debt, many of them no longer share the American Dream of prosperity, and some of them now face a future of penury.

GLP-1 drugs are having a major impact on the pharmaceutical industry. This class of drugs, which includes Ozempic, were used primarily to treat type 2 diabetes; the discovery that a side effect is appetite suppression led to their use in weight management. The demand for these drugs has exploded and is projected to continue to grow at a rapid pace in coming years.

America is staring down a fiscal abyss. With the national debt exceeding $37 trillion and rising daily, it’s apparent that Washington has lost control of the public purse. Congress continues to spend far more than it collects yearly without any meaningful plan to stop.

When asked in May whether he needed to uphold the Constitution of the United States, President Trump responded, “I don’t know.” That...