By Tom Philpott: Military update It can be a frustrating time of year for 54,000 military widows who see their Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) payments wiped out or reduced by the monthly amount they receive in Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) from the Department of Veterans Affairs. As it has done routinely in recent years, […]
Trade encourages domestic growth
October 18, 2006
By Walter Williams: Syndicated columnist Patrick Buchanan’s recent syndicated column titled “New Deal for U.S. Manufacturers” stokes the fires of misunderstanding and panic. Buchanan, my longtime friend, is right about a lot of things, but he’s wrong about trade. First, he laments, “Europeans, Japanese, Canadians and Chinese sell us so much more than they buy […]
Dependency not solution to poverty
July 6, 2005
By Walter Williams: Syndicated Columnist William Beach has just written a report for the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation titled “The 2005 Index of Dependency.” Between 1962 and today, American dependence on government has more than doubled and shows little sign of abatement. The growth areas of dependency examined in the report are: welfare and medical […]
