Let everyone buy their own plan. Get it away from the employer completely. Include a tax on the premium that is used to fund a pool to help the poor and the high risk get vouchers for coverage. Encourage Health
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether musical instrument manufacturers are illegally blocking retailers from discounting their ware. Fender, Gibson, Yamaha and Guitar Center retailers are under scrutiny. I am a guitar nut. Some new Les Pauls are selling for
… only the other tuna processors get a hike in the minimum wage. from the Washington Times GOP hits Pelosi’s ‘hypocrisy’ on wage billOriginally published 12:07 a.m., January 12, 2007, excerpts House Republicans yesterday declared “something fishy” about the major
One of those defining political moments for me was in the late 1960s. Georgia Public Television had a panel of all of the candidates running for governor. The mix was incredible. There was one Republican, Bo Calloway, during the years
I think the focus on Obama on the calls to ‘redistribute the wealth’ or making us more socialistic misses the far more important point. We have been socialistic for decades. Redistribution of wealth has been a part of American politics
The great Jewish Philosopher Maimonides lived in Spain, Morocco and Egypt between 1135 and 1205. One of his most popular teachings is the eight levels of charity. The lowest is one who gives unwillingly. Above that is one who gives
One of the most influential books to my economic and political thinking is Nassim Taleb’s “Fooled by Randomness” and “The Black Swan”. These books opened an interest in randomness and probability and their application in modern affairs. In the first
A few months ago we screamed about high oil prices and the greedy oil companies and how they manipulated the market for their selfish gains. The left howled for an excess profits tax on their ill gotten gains. Only months
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act included a piece of legislation that had nothing to due with rescuing us from the financial abyss we faced. It will, however, raise your and my health insurance cost. It is called the Paul Wellstone
It is uncanny how rapidly the commodity markets have reversed themselves. Just two months ago prices were high for steel and scrap and everyone thought that the China and India factor would keep commodity demand high for the foreseeable future.
In an interview Joe Biden refers to the top 1% who make over $1.4 million dollars in income. This is typical of much other misinformation from Biden. The dividing point for the top 1% is $388,806 according to the most
Early in America’s current experiment with Democracy, we were warned by Alexis de Toqueville that our seeds of destruction were sewn when the voters realized that they could simply vote themselves benefits from the public treasury. We are getting dangerously
Steak houses Ponderosa and Bonanza have joined Bennigans and Steak and Ale in Chapter 11. It is a sign of the economy and belt tightening. Those very low end restaurants such as McDonalds are benefiting from people seeking cheaper food.
Tax breaks in bailout bill : The financial rescue measure passed by the Senate on Wednesday included a series of tax incentives benefiting specific industries or states. Wooden arrows: This tax break, backed by Oregon’s two senators, would benefit an
Tax policy affects production. If you were taxed at 100%, you would not work and the government would get no tax revenues. If they taxed you 0% you would work and the government would still get no tax revenues. The
I think it is ironic that McCain may be suffering a possible defeat partially because of his own McCain Feingold Campaign reform act. Most campaign reform acts have tried to neutralize the effect of money in a campaign and the
From David Frum at National Review- Those who press this Ayers line of attack are whipping Republicans and conservatives into a fury that is going to be very hard to calm after November. Is it really wise to send conservatives
There are those who blame deregulation for our financial woes. It isn’t the cause. We all accept some sense of regulation in an economy such as ours. Regulation should enforce honesty, transparency, accuracy and compliance with the law. Regulation should
from http://www.voxeu.org/The credit crunch may cause another great depressionNicholas Bloom8 October 2008 In fact the only upside of all this is that the massive slow-down in economic growth will rapidly cut the growth rates of CO2 emissions. Pollution is tightly
I just watched on C Span a moderated discussion between Conservative David Frum and Democratic consultant and writer Bob Shrum. Both men were intelligent and could give a historical perspective to the current political debate. There was no shouting, interrupting,
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