“My financial adviser Ric Edelman...thinks the time to start educating people about money is when they are children. He's set up a retirement plan called the RIC-E-Trust that can provide retirement security. A $5,000 one-time tax-deferred investment at birth, with an average interest rate of ten percent compounded, means that a child would have $2.4 million when he or she is 65 years old. Who needs Social Security with that kind of nest egg?” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsKindMeanChildrenSocialInterestMillionsPlansSecurityBirthTenTaxesPercentInvestmentRateFinancialAverageEggsRetirementOne TimeSocial SecurityNestsInterest RateAdviser Author:Cal Thomas
“In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.” PeopleIfsWayWantDifferentSoulProblemGovernmentSocialCausesChangeMajorsReflectionDifferent WaysSocial ChangeFree SocietyDecadenceSocial Problems Author:Cal Thomas
“We are approaching a time when Christians, especially, may have to declare the social contract between Enlightenment rationalists and Biblical believers - which formed the basis of the constitution written at our nation's founding - null and void.” MayChristianNationsSocialWrittenEnlightenmentBasesConstitutionBelieverContractsVoidBiblicalFoundingSocial ContractNull Author:Cal Thomas
“As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to eliminate the elderly and infirm to 'free up' more money for the 'fit' and those who contribute more than they take from society.” SocialGrowsSecurityFitPressureFinancialBurdenEaseMore MoneySocial SecurityElderlyFinancial Burden Author:Cal Thomas