From the Downsizing Blog

FEMA’s Role in Hurricanes

FEMA is the lead federal agency for natural disaster response, but the American system of disaster response is not a top-down structure imposed by Washington.

Our Debt to the Future?

We, the beneficiaries have a duty to preserve for future generations the conditions necessary for growth and opportunity. But we instead risk leaving them buried under mountains of debt.

VP Picks for Kamala Harris

Media outlets are identifying vice-presidential options for likely presidential candidate Kamal

Five Reasons Why Social Security Is an Income Transfer Program, Not an “Earned Benefit”

It’s tempting to believe that Social Security is an “earned benefit”—after all, that’s a prevalent idea we’ve been sold for decades, and it feels good to think of it as “our money.” But the reality is more complex. It’s important to look under the hood of the Social Security system to see what’s really going on.
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