MN News Hound
18
The best of traditional and alternative news with relevant commentary.
Follow
Scooped by L. Charles Burch onto MN News Hound
Scoop.it!

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. running $34 billion deficit

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. running $34 billion deficit | MN News Hound | Scoop.it

The federal agency that insures pensions for 43 million Americans saw its deficit swell to $34 billion in the past year, the largest in its 38-year history.

No comment yet.
Your new post is loading...
Scooped by L. Charles Burch
Scoop.it!

Libertarianism and Americanism

Libertarianism and Americanism | MN News Hound | Scoop.it

Given that in the main the American political system is still the closest to protecting varieties of individual liberty – regarding speech, commerce, religion, due process, etc. – most of those who peddle political ideas want to hitch their wagon to the ideas of the American Founders. Socialists, conservatives, populists, agrarians and even communists have laid claim to being the proper carriers of the American political flag. Libertarians, of course, are no different.

No comment yet.