Imagine an America without Social Security.  It’s hard to imagine, isn’t it?  But, Social Security is failing, and according to most qualified observers, it’s already starting to happen.  If I were a betting man, I would wager that unless something is done soon, the nation’s retirement program for seniors is a goner.  The question is not “if” but “when.”

        Somehow, Marie Antoinette’s infamous statement, “Let Them Eat Cake,” seems to ring true today, because of the Obamas’ jet-setting, self-indulgent behavior as the president and first lady of the United States.  Hardly a day goes by that we don’t see one or both of them in the news, vacationing somewhere, often on our dime.

        The Sacramento Bee recently reported that the NAACP is backing an idea that has been advanced by California state assemblyman Mike Davis, to turn Michael Jackson’s Neverland property into a state park.  The list of reasons why this is a bad idea starts with the fact that there is no money in the state’s coffers for an expenditure of the magnitude that this would require.