August 20, 20180Comments

Don’t Depend on the Government in Retirement: The American Social Safety Net Has Holes

In planning retirement, Americans should be skeptical of the retirement promises of pols, who come and go. That’s because your parents’ dependable Social Security and company pensions no longer exist. This

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

August 14, 20180Comments

The Credit Card Bill Is Too Damn High!: And I’m still paying for a car I don’t have

Many Americans learned nothing about basic money management over the past decade. They lived through the recession of 2008 when they suddenly couldn’t pay credit card bills, and have apparently forgotten

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

August 6, 20180Comments

The City Is a Good Place for a “Low Risk” Crime: Anti-Smoking Efforts Can Backfire

Perhaps even virtue has need of limits. That’s because a good thing---such as persuading people that smoking is a bad thing---can go too far. We see it here in New York, where

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

July 25, 20180Comments

Are You a MoneySense Person or a Money Mad Person?: The Mentality of Thrift Versus the Mentality of Buy Everything Now.

Many people say they want to be financially comfortable; to be free of the need to work for somebody and required to be part the rat race. But, as with

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

July 21, 20180Comments

Ben’s Best Destruction—A Reminder of Why Americans Need to Rediscover Jefferson and Decentralization: Lord Acton, along with the traditional friends of limited government, believed in limited government

“The government that governs least, governs best. The government that is best is closest to the people.” Here, in essence, was the Jeffersonian philosophy of limited government that made America a

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

July 13, 20180Comments

Ben’s Best, Kosher Deli, Queens Institution, Dies: A symbol of countless other small businesses driven to a premature death by relentless regs and taxes imposed by a distant, uncaring, city government.

Recently I attended a wake in Rego Park, Queens, a county which is unfortunately a part of New York City. It was the end of a wonderful kosher deli that

by Gregory Bresiger

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