COMMENTARY
Poverty Is the New Middle Class
By TLB Contributor: Dave Hodges Is there any hope for America and its middle class? I scoured the statistics with regard to the economic health of the middle class. And what I discovered is that […]
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FREEDOM
HOW THE UNITED STATES IS BEING DESTROYED & THE WAY OUT
At the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin told an inquisitive citizen that the delegates to the Constitutional Convention gave the people “a Republic, if you can keep it.” We should apologize […]
FINANCIAL
The Statistics Do Not Lie! Welfare Is the Best Paying Entry Level Job In 35 States!
By TLB Contributor: Dave Hodges. Recently, a friend asked me what would I recommend his daughter major in as she begins college this fall. I thought for a moment and answered “welfare”. The father was […]
FINANCIAL
Number of People in Federal Programs Has Grown Faster Than U.S. Population
More than 41 percent of the U.S. population is “enrolled in at least one federal assistance program,” adding tens of billions of dollars to the national debt each year, according to new research by The […]
GOVERNMENT
Mass. Seeks 19,000 ‘Missing’ Welfare Recipients
BOSTON (AP) — State officials say they are trying to confirm the addresses of 19,000 welfare recipients in Massachusetts after voter registration information mailed to their listed addresses last summer were returned as undeliverable. The […]
FINANCIAL
Forbes Releases List Of 11 “Death Spiral” States
A writer at Forbes Magazine has identified a phenomenon called the “death spiral states.” The category includes 11 states where private sector workers are outnumbered by people who are dependent on the government. That number […]