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Escalating federal spending presents a real and present danger to the fiscal health of the nation. The solution to bringing congressional budgeting back under control is personal retirement accounts. They would provide a built-in mechanism to control federal spending, pay off the national debt, eliminate the long-run unfunded liability of Social Security, keep the trust funds perpetually solvent, and boost economic growth

Conspicuously absent from the presidential campaign is any mention of Social Security and Medicare.

The enormous benefits of Social Security reform involving large personal accounts is quite achievable, as is the proposed transition financing. A manageable amount of debt would be issued in the early years and paid off during the course of the reform. The reform plan would promote modest restraint in the growth of other federal spending, and should produce significant revenue feedback effects.

The reimportation of prescription drugs is being pushed not only by big government regulators but also by misguided free market advocates. The result: the effective imposition of foreign price controls on U.S. drug markets and the further erosion of genuine competition. But the cost could be worse than money. Governments that control drug prices routinely sacrifice their people's health in order to save money.

When Ronald Reagan uttered those words in 1980, he was talking about the Democratic incumbent and rival for the presidency, Jimmy Carter.

The big spenders in government love to gripe about taxes.

One of the reasons Ronald Reagan was elected president in two successive landslides is that he made sense – good ol’ common sense.

The passing of Ronald Reagan has rightfully spurred a review of his accomplishments.

As Americans are watching prices at the pump go up, we hear from a lot of different quarters as to what to do about it.

Privacy is central to a free society, but defining its nature is a slippery business. Nevertheless, privacy’s impact on limited government, tort law, criminal law and people’s financial dealings is critical. The failure to protect financial privacy opens individuals up to a variety of assaults from an over-intrusive government.