I did a quick search yesterday to see what the long-term visa requirements are for a number of countries. Here are the results: Most countries aren’t willy-nilly when it comes to issuing long-term visas. They don’t want foreign moochers feasting on their social programs. They only welcome foreigners who are financially secure—who can provide for …
In part one of this two-part series, I made the case that being fake dependent on government subsidies is much more preferable to being real dependent on government subsidies. I also made the observation that far too many Americans find themselves on the wrong side of the dependency divide—without government subsidies, their quality of life …
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What is a government subsidy? For the purposes of this post, a government subsidy is a government benefit that derives from any government program that is exclusionary. Obamacare, for instance, isn’t open to all Americans. In order to get an Obamacare subsidy, you must have a low or modest income. If you make too much, …
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Is America’s criminal justice system racist? Of course, it is. Our woke overlords say it is and they use their cultural hegemony to drive home the narrative that our police, DAs, and judges are out to get Americans of color, especially black Americans. And this is why black Americans, for instance, are overrepresented in our …
A few years before I retired, my company decided to broaden its health insurance options by introducing a high-deductible policy that was accompanied by a health savings account (HSA). Since I had no chronic ailments and wasn’t prone to accidents, I decided to give the high-deductible policy a whirl and take advantage of an HSA’s …