By Bill Albee I recently visited old friends who live in The Villages, which is retirement area in Florida near Ocala that has around 100,000 residents and is growing at a rapid pace. My host, who is a very conservative Republican, proudly showed me all around, pointing out the various village squares, community centers, golf…

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Editor’s note: Our friend William Albee recently saw the article Relax, Boomers: Socialism Is Good Now by Zach Carter which appeared in Huffpost. He agreed with its basic premise, and has expanded and explicated that premise below. We have a social contract in America that includes the safety net programs for the poor and unemployed,…

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By Michael Jay Tucker Executive Summery: Conservatives and libertarians point to Venezuela’s collapsing economy as proof that “government doesn’t work” and that socialism inevitably leads to dictatorship. In fact, the evidence suggests that the country’s troubles stem from the dark triad of incompetence, arrogance, and populist government that in some ways prefigured Trump. There is…

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