Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promised Sunday that President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will not include cuts to major entitlement programs, like Social Security and Medicare. If Mnuchin’s comments are correct, the president would be making good on his campaign Read More
That revealing Trump debate moment no one is talking about (but should)
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog It’s unfortunate that the loony Left decided to rear its ugly head in Chicago on Friday night, Save Jerseyans. Their 60’s-style antics took everyone’s focus on this cycle’s most troubling figure, Donald Read More
POLL: Are you a fan of Governor Christie’s entitlement reform plan?
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Lagging badly in the early polls, Governor Chris Christie tried to leapfrog the Republican competition on Tuesday morning by pitching a bold federal entitlement reform proposal and, in so doing, putting himself Read More
Christie pitches raising Social Security retirement age to 69, instituting means testing
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Seeking to steal the limelight from Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton, Save Jerseyans, Chris Christie will deliver a promised entitlement reform speech Tuesday morning at the beginning of a multi-day swing through the Read More
A Happy Medium
The Needed Balance Between Compassion and Self-Sufficiency By Dale Glading | The Save Jersey Blog I have lived below the poverty level, Save Jerseyans. But I never applied for or received federal subsidies when I did. That doesn’t mean that it is wrong Read More
Apocalypse Now. Reform Never?
Every “Crisis” – Real or Invented – Brings Us No Closer to Addressing the Real Problem By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog The Sun did rise last Friday notwithstanding apocalyptic sequestration predictions from the Left, Save Jerseyans. I saw it. You did too, I Read More
It’s Time to Slaughter a Few Sacred Cows
OK, sports fans. The clock is winding down and there are just days left before America is poised to fall calamitously over the so-called fiscal cliff. So what is an almost evenly-divided and clinically dysfunctional Congress supposed to do in Read More
An Ode to the Welfare State
January 5, 1949. President Harry Truman delivered the State of the Union address and announced his “Fair Deal” for the nation, a comprehensive array of social program proposals including universal health insurance and a dramatically increased federal minimum wage. Flash forward to Read More
Cold Hard Facts Support Christie’s “Sitting On a Couch” Comment
87.3%. It’s the percentage of federal income taxes paid by the top 25% of American wage earners… as of 2009. An unbelievably high 47% of filers paid absolutely nothing! And as you might expect, Save Jerseyans, the shocking and dangerous Read More