Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with ...

In examining the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, we have stated that it describes rights and duties — rights of We the People and duties of the federal government. It also assumes that the people ...

Michael Foster, in his letter ("It is providing for general welfare," July 27), claims the Constitution allows Obamacare under the "general welfare" clause. Mr. Foster, like most liberals and statists ...

At the same time, the strategy of targeting welfare could help the GOP steer clear of proposing cuts to the popular old-age entitlement programs Social Security and Medicare. In other words, it’s an ...