Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
Written by Gary North on March 11, 2017
Where to retire? Do you want safety? Do you want a pleasant environment? Do you want lots of free services? Do you want to be around younger people with a future rather than geezers with fading memories of the good old days? Retire close to a college. There, unreality reigns supreme. For details, click the […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 11, 2017
I am writing this for high school juniors who have just received what seems to be bad news from their parents. My message: It’s good news for parental solvency, and it won’t hurt you a bit. But it’s not what you had in mind. I am going to talk straight with you. I am probably […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 11, 2017
I see no reason to retire. I agree with Ray Charles. He was interviewed by a young reporter. “Do you plan to retire?” the man asked. Charles answered with a question: “And do what?” Of all the old men in my field who kept going, the master was Jacques Barzun. In 2000, Harper/Collins published his […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 28, 2017
I read this paragraph and almost gagged. Betty White celebrates her 95th birthday today, reaching yet another milestone in a decades-spanning career that is still just as active as ever. It’s hard to believe it’s been 55 years since the beloved actress made her feature film debut in Advise & Consent, a performance that led […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 24, 2016
The voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers is retiring after 67 years. Los Angeles had the two best sports announcers ever: Chick Hearn (basketball) and Vin Scully. Hearn was flawless until the very end. He fell off a ladder at age 85 and suffered a fatal concussion. I wrote an obituary: “I Always Wanted to […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on July 2, 2016
I posted a video on high-income retired state employees. A self-righteous, self-pitying government employee was incensed. You cannot be talking about me or any of my fellow government victims. In 2003, a hundred or so of us, wotking for the Superintendant of Document, the US Government Printing Office, the Bookstore Branch, were pushed out of […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on June 25, 2016
This will amaze you. It amazed me, and I have watched this kind of thing for 40 years. The gravy train is thick for some of the participants. All good things must come to an end. The Great Default will end it. But in the meantime. . . .
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 9, 2016
“Well, that’s the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.” — Garrison Keillor To understand why the welfare state will continue to expand its operations until such time as the Great Default ends it, we must understand Lake Wobegon […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 28, 2015
The Social Security System is actuarially (statistically) bankrupt. It’s only a question of when it will go under, and the form the bankruptcy will take. Without massive monetary inflation, there is no way that someone entering the program today will ever be repaid for the heavy taxes he will shell out. In order to postpone […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 15, 2015
This 26-minute discussion lays out various scenarios for the statistically inevitable bankruptcy of pension funds.
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