HOW TO FIX SOCIAL SECURITY & IMMIGRATION Amended

  [ANALYSIS and OPINION] [Preliminary Note 3/26/26:  About a year after this blog post was published Senator Whitehouse (D-RI.) made a very sensible proposal, that naturally called for higher taxes on the earnings of wealthy individuals to help fund the social security solvency crises which by March 2026 was estimated to occur in 2032.  That Read More …

HOW TO FIX SOCIAL SECURITY & IMMIGRATION

  [OPINION and ANALYSIS.]   [Author’s Note:  CAUTION:  The following is the result of a series of prompts (commands)  to ChatGPT 4.5 and GPT Plus over a period of several days.  We have not actually run (calculated) these numbers at reasonandbalance.com and thus make no guarantees as to their accurateness.  Chat and AI sometimes make Read More …

Our Political Future: Birth Rates Huge Effects

    [ANALYSIS and OPINION] This 3 minute video is possibly one of the most important we’ve done.  Why?  Because demographics and demographic trends will have a major affect on social, economic and political trends well into the foreseeable future.  Our big concern is that these trends will tend to fuel the creeping acceptance of Read More …

Deporting Undocumented Immigrants: Good or Bad?

Deporting an estimated 12 to 14 million undocumented immigrants was a central pillar of Donald Trump’s campaign to be re-elected President in 2024. During the 2024 Presidential campaign we posted the following video on October 2024:   Trump Deportation of Illegal Immigrants https://youtube.com/shorts/J0HEkAt9uD8   Our Nov 18, 2024, after Trump’s re-election victory we posted the Read More …