The “Third Rail:” Reforming our dilapidated Social Security system.

Social Security has long been an issue that politicians have had trepidation about reforming, out of fear of losing support from the nations largest and most significant voting demographic: senior citizens.  As the reader knows, American politicians and the media have dubbed Social Security “the third rail of American politics.”  As such, politicians have refrained [...]

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Romney was the big winner on Super Tuesday, prevailing in six contests

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Romney revives floundering campaign with victories in Michigan and Arizona.

On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, Mitt Romney revived his floundering presidential campaign by prevailing in two hypercritical primaries: Arizona and Michigan.  With Tuesday evening’s victories, Romney obtained much needed momentum heading into Super Tuesday, and solidified his position as the Republican frontrunner.  Despite prevailing in the aforementioned states, innumerable voters are still chagrined with the [...]

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Romney Wins the Iowa Caucus by just eight votes

Former Massachusetts governor and presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, defeated Rick Santorum by just eight votes in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses.  Despite Romney’s narrow victory, political pundits on both sides of the aisle are heralding the caucuses as a victory for Santorum, the little-known former Pennsylvania senator who was polling in the single digits, in the [...]

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The 2012 Presidential Election and the Demise of Public Financing.

Introduction The 2012 presidential election is poised to become the most expensive in American history.  President Obama has indicated that the he intends to rasie $1 billion for his reelection campaign.  This paper examines the implications that the decisions made by George W. Bush and Barack Obama to reject public financing during the 2000 primary [...]

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PAIPodcast Interview: The Voice of Liberty – Interview with Representative David Craig (Part Two).

  Rep. David Craig interview, part 2 This interview features Representative David Craig of Wisconsin’s eighty-third Assembly district.  Representative Craig won a special election in 2011 and is currently serving his first term in the state legislature.  The interview was conducted by PAI Commentary Associate, Ken Van Doren, who can be reached at commentary.associate@paxamericanainstitute.org.

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The Unemployment Rate and the President’s Reelection: An Historic Overview.

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, a subsidiary of the Department of Labor, in their Employment Situation Summary for July 2011, finds that the unemployment rate remains stagnant at 9.2 percent.  Furthermore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that since March, the unemployment rate has risen by a paltry 0.4 percent. With the unemployment [...]

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Profiling A Fox: A Counterintelligence Profile on Arms Trafficker Jacques Monsieur, Updated Edition

PROFILING THE FOX- A Counterintelligence Profile on Arms Trafficker Jacques Monsieur (PAI EDITION)           Case Background, Status, and Relevance: On August 28, 2009, the U.S. counterintelligence world savored a victory as Belgian arms trafficker Jacques Monsieur was taken into custody after stepping off his plane in a New York airport. Monsieur, [...]

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Pax Americana Institute honors the United States on Independence Day 2011.

The executive staff of the Pax Americana Institute would encourage you to join us in celebrating the 235th birthday of the world’s greatest steward of liberty, independence, freedom, and opportunity—the United States of America.  On this Independence Day we hope that you take time to reflect upon the importance of freedom, liberty, democracy, and what [...]

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The Looming Social Security Crisis: A common-sense, free-market plan for reforming Social Security.

Introduction: Since the introduction of The Path to Prosperity: Restoring America’s Promise, herein referred to Representative Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, earlier this month, Social Security reform has taken a backseat to the restructuring of Medicare.  At this writing, Social Security remains the largest, most convoluted, and easiest to reform of the three entitlement programs.  The [...]

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