The bursting of the real estate bubble and the ensuing recession have hurt jobs, home prices and now Social Security. This year, the system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold it was not expected to cross until at least 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Stephen C. Goss, chief actuary of the Social Security Administration, said that while the Congressional projection would probably be borne out, the change would have no effect on bene... (more)

In return, they want to give you a nice "goobermint" government pension. If you think this could never happen, please remember who the top visitor to the White House was last year. It was SEIU President Andrew Stern. Apparently, the SEIU is very concerned something could happen to your 401k and you would be better off if it were rolled into a new government controlled pension plan. Undoubtedly, the government could issue you some worthless IOU's for your money. The SEIU is also concerned about the 7 of 1... (more)

Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown is no conservative. He's a died in the wool liberal through and through. So imagine my surprise upon reading his latest op-ed in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle (4th item down). If we as a state want to make a New Year's resolution, I suggest taking a good look at the California we have created. From our out-of-sync tax system t... (more)

Guess who gets the shaft?Precisely one year ago, we lucky taxpayers took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants that contributed mightily to the wild and crazy home-loan-boom-turned-bust. . . . According to the company’s most recent quarterly financial statement, the Treasury will, by Sept. 30, have handed over $45 billion to shore up the company’s net worth. . . . As a result of the Fannie takeover, taxpayers are paying millions of dollars in legal defense bills for three top form... (more)

When Bill Frist tried to shut down filibusters it was decried as "The Nuclear Option". But when Senate Democrats talk about doing the same thing to ram health care reform through it's "advanced legislative acrobatics" using a procedure "officially known as reconciliation". (more)

Jack Shaw was a political consultant who was one of the 44 individuals arrested last Thursday in connection with a corruption investigation. He was accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars from a government informant on behalf of himself and an unknown Jersey City official. He was 61-years-old. (more)

Advantage, Christie! CQ Politics has put the New Jersey governor's race into the "R" column saying Jon Corzine has too many negatives to overcome in order to win. Having 44 of his closest friends arrested for corruption will tend to do that to a guy. (more)

Because they can’t stand real grass-roots competition. And because thug thizzle is how they roll. ACORN affiliates from the astroturf brigade goes nuts on Tea Party activists protesting the Democrat government health care takeover plans in Suffolk County NY (more)

So Jon Corzine is calling on all the politicians indicted last week to resign. Corzine's gubernatorial opponent Chris Christie said the same thing earlier in the week. The difference is, these are Corzine's pals, people he has lauded for their "exemplary" public service. Only last month Corzine headlined a politically star-studded swearing-in ceremony for Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano. Corzine lavished praised on his "good friend". Joe Doria, who actually did resign, is one of Corzine's oldest and clo... (more)

Turnout was robust around the country, although some protesters were met with harrassment and profanity. Michelle Malkin and Glenn Reynolds have reports. Plus, at Pajamas Media TV, Amy Kremer of TeaPartyPatriots.org (see, "Nationwide Protests Target ObamaCare: The People Say No to Gov't Run Healthcare"). Also via Instapundit, "Bureaucrash at the Healthcare Freedom Tea Party Protest" (YouTube). (more)