Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most elderly individuals think they're getting their money back. So it isn't selfishness as much as a misunderstanding.
Richard LammPeace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.
Richard LammA Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.
Richard LammAmerica does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew our country, its institutions and political system.
Richard LammThe biggest challenge of public policy is to know when and how the world has changed. We are no longer an empty continent with endless absorptive capacity. We have a cash-wage economy that is having terrible problems finding jobs for its own people. The concern about immigration is not nativism but common sense.
Richard Lamm