Posted on Friday, March 21, 2025
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The Social Security Misinformation War
Rebecca Weber, CEO of AMAC, joined Rob Finnerty of Newsmax to break down the misinformation campaign against Donald Trump’s Social Security plans.
Weber clarifies that Trump is focused on eliminating fraud—not cutting benefits—and highlights the looming insolvency of the Social Security Trust Fund. “If something isn’t done, all Americans receiving Social Security will see a 23% reduction in benefits,” Weber warns.
She also discusses AMAC’s proposed solutions, the impact of illegal immigrants receiving benefits, and why Trump is the first president since Reagan to take real action on Social Security reform.
Click here to watch the interview.
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Are Pipelines Safe?
According to environmentalists, progressive politicians, and the media, transporting oil via pipelines is not safe. But is that true? Diana Furchtgott-Roth, adjunct professor at George Washington University, gives us the data to answer the question Are Pipelines Safe? PragerU is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes American values in short educational videos for people of all ages.
Term of the Week: military-industrial complex
“Network of individuals and institutions involved in the production of weapons and military technologies. The military-industrial complex in a country typically attempts to marshal political support for continued or increased military spending by the national government.
The term military-industrial complex was first used by U.S. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower in his Farewell Address on January 17, 1961. Eisenhower warned that the United States must “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence…by the military-industrial complex,” which included members of Congress from districts dependent on military industries, the Department of Defense (along with the military services), and privately owned military contractors—e.g., Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. Eisenhower believed that the military-industrial complex tended to promote policies that might not be in the country’s best interest (such as participation in the nuclear arms race), and he feared that its growing influence, if left unchecked, could undermine American democracy.
Although Eisenhower is credited with the phrase and many scholars regarded the phenomenon as new, elements of the domestic and international military-industrial complex predate his landmark address. Military forces have been funded overwhelmingly by national governments, which historically have been the target of lobbying efforts by bureaucrats in military-related ministries, by legislators from districts containing military bases or major military manufacturing plants, and by representatives of private firms involved in the production of weapons and munitions. Because the goals and interests of these various actors broadly coincide, they tend to support each other’s activities and to form mutually beneficial relationships—what some critics have called an “iron triangle” between government officials, legislators, and military-industrial firms. For example, legislators who receive campaign contributions from military firms may vote to award funding to projects in which the firms are involved, and military firms may hire former defense-ministry officials as lobbyists.”
(Weber, Rachel N. “military-industrial complex”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Feb. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/topic/military-industrial-complex. Accessed 21 March 2025.)
Class for March and April
Congress: How It Worked and Why It Doesn’t
In this 11-lecture course discover the Founders’ vision for the legislative branch and how over the past century Congress has strayed from its role and intended function. Once American citizens understand how Congress Worked and Why It Doesn’t, we can help restore it to its original grand purpose.
Quote of the Week
“The great paradox of institutionalized evil is that it can be enormously powerful but also enormously fragile. Thus, it is compulsively aggressive and ultimately self-destructive. It senses its own moral absurdity. It knows it is a raft on a sea of ontological good. What evil fears most is the publicly spoken truth.”
– Tony Dolan
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