Generation X Faces A Bleak, Impoverished Old Age

Generation X Faces A Bleak, Impoverished Old Age

In 1991, demographers Neil Howe and William Strauss published their awkwardly titled tome “13th Gen,” about Generation X — the Americans born between 1961 and 1981. If Xers had paid attention, they would have committed suicide. “Child poverty, employment, wages,...
Federal Debt Increases Continuously, Birth Rate Falls Rapidly

Federal Debt Increases Continuously, Birth Rate Falls Rapidly

Since 2007, US federal debt has risen 150% while annual US births (legal and otherwise) have fallen almost 14%.  Said otherwise, over the dozen years since 2007, federal debt has increased by $13.8 trillion while 5.2 million fewer births have occurred over the same...
Social Security Is Screwing Millennials

Social Security Is Screwing Millennials

Social Security is a textbook illustration of how government programs go off the rails. It had a noble goal: to help elderly and disabled Americans, who can’t work, maintain a minimal, dignified living standard. Back then, most people either died before...