Because we don't think about future generations,
they will never forget us.
Henrik Tikkanen
Reason's Nanny of the Year
And the lifetime achievement award goes to... hold the salt, trans fats and the size of those sugary drinks...
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(Drudge Report). Do you miss Obama? Is your life lost while he is away? Or are you relieved that for a few short weeks you're being left alone?
The only drawback is the thought of Biden doing an Al Haig, saying "I'm in charge"...
We are not being left alone. His bureaucracy is still working hard.
His bureaucracy is still occupying the buildings. Bureaucracy working hard is somewhat oxymoronic...
(Reason Magazine). "In much of the country, Obamacare plans are so expensive that many people who make too much to qualify for subsidies are exempt from requirements that they purchase insurance under the Affordable Care Act."
You are right. All the more reason to let people buy a catastrophic policy. Unfortunately this was outlawed by Obamacare.
yes, because junk insurance is SO AWESOME...
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/.../junk-insurance-comes-back..
"Progressive" trolls simply recycle the same old same old discredited lies and distortion. Other propaganda lies include the idea individuals find themselves canceled when they get sick. Health insurance is and has been regulated in all 50 states. Goodman has thoroughly debunked the fear-mongering. [Discussant] is correct--it's a matter of math; catastrophic incidents are low-probability. A lot of the increase he's seeing is cost-shifting from higher-risk (older/sicker) policyholders plus gold-plated/ordinary expenses.
Yeah, trolls are proud of resting healthcare security in the hands of a federal government that has never balanced its health care budget, has failed to detect billions in fraud, and has unfunded tens of trillions in liabilities. If you have a contract issue with a private company, you can take it to a judge. When the government monopoly screws you--when in other countries with socialized you have to wait in pain for rationed care (that is, if you manage to survive the wait), who is there to protect you from government?
they are "shockingly unaffordable" in the idiot states where the state governments did not expand medicaid...thus forcing all the people who do pay for insurance to subsidize those that would have been covered IF they had expanded Medicaid with higher premiums... you want to yell...go protest at your state capitols...
Expansion of Medicaid, which essentially is cross-subsidized by private plans, costs both states and feds in the long run. Not to mention that government healthcare policyholders use nearly twice the medical services with little statistically better outcomes than the uninsured. Not to mention Medicaid doesn't guarantee you'll find a doctor willing to accept new patients--with onerous policies, more-trouble-than-it's-worth paperwork, payment delays, etc.
Anyone with a modicum of common sense realizes that if the cash-cow private plan subsidies are already hard put , what happens as they continue to shrink in market size? The kaleidoscope accounting of ObamaCare will be exposed for what it is...
(Drudge Report). VIDEO: Feds charge white 'knockout' suspect with hate crime
It's clear (assuming the reported allegations are correct) that the crime was motivated by the victim's skin color; he didn't attack for reasons of random violence, robbery, etc. The young man deserves a fair trial.
Do I think there's a double standard? Probably. But it was not up to him to attack another innocent elderly person to even the score or make a political point.
(Reason Magazine). The smartest thing A&E could do is wait out the controversy and then bring Phil Robertson back once the show resumes filming.
Anyone who doesn't acknowledge the fact that the fascist politically correct police didn't violate Robertson's freedom of speech is anti-liberty. Violations against negative liberties are not simply a matter of government violation--it happens whenever any majority or group attempts to suppress freedom. This was economic aggression against Mr. Robertson's right to make a living. And I can't believe so-called "libertarians" are assuming A&E had unlimited contractual rights against Robertson's opinion on his own time. If you don't see the chilling effect of attacking companies, demanding sanctions against employees or contractors that have absolutely nothing to do with the performance of the contract, then you are a hypocrite.
I'm disappointed in the post. It was a rather pathetic, shallow analysis. The Dixie Chick controversy had nothing to do with freedom of speech; they weren't singing an anti-war song or discussing interventionist policy on their own time--they personally attacked POTUS in front of an anti-American audience. Even so, over 80% of their concerts sold out the first day of sale over the kerfuffle. But I'm sure that they alienated a number of county fans, whom were put off by the lead singer's incivility to POTUS. I personally stopped buying Springsteen records after he became politically active--but I didn't try to take away his livelihood.
Just to pick another point (DeGeneres) a lot of people were tired of media sources promoting the gay or other politically correct agenda. The protest was not aimed at DeGeneres personally; it was not over her expressing her political views as a lesbian. It had to do directly with the program/campaign: yes, they are right to express their opinions. And I don't have a problem with the gay activists expressing their opinions on the Robertson kerfuffle. But economic attacks? Count me out.
The Parasitic City, Suburbs
Comment on a Libertarian Republican Post
Blog co-edtitor Clifford Thies had this to say about a retired rich atheist whom committed suicide after a stroke at the age of 86:
According to Pope Francis, rich people are evil, especially those who become rich through the stock market. It should warm his heart that another one of them is now dead. Robert Wilson, who turned $15,000 into a fortune estimated to be $800 million in by Business Week back in 2000, took his own life by jumping from his high rise apartment in New York City. He was 86 years old, and had suffered a stroke a couple months prior...An atheist, he also gave millions of dollars to Catholic inner city schools in New York and elsewhere throughout the country because he hated what the highly-unionized public schools were doing to the children of the poor. Now where will the Catholics get the money for their inner city schools, from the moochers and the looters that they love so much?I have a saintly retired uncle priest whom had mixed feelings about parish schools because they are a drain of parish finances, not a profit center. Most parishes operating schools often subsidize the costs of lower-income parishioners, especially multiple enrollments. I don't know the specifics, but teachers are often lower-paid and the administration leaner than public monopoly schools, there are fundraisers, anonymous gifts from benefactors, etc. I don't know how they invested this benefactor's money; the Church disapproves of suicide, by the way. Maybe infrastructure? But even in Jesus' times, if you consider how many times He knocked the rich, He still had benefactors (e.g., the Last Supper and His tomb). I am not happy with Pope Francis' economically illiterate populist views, as I've mentioned multiple times in my blog. I'm not part of his 88% approval among US Catholics. But CNN pointed out support for his economics views is maybe a quarter lower. He's been heavily criticized by every other prominent Catholic libertarian I know, including Rockwell, Andrew Napolitano, and Woods. (I haven't seen a recent blurb by Jeffrey Tucker, whom has a Youtube video on the Catholic case for free market.) I think a lot of people are cutting him some slack because he comes from a country with a repressed economy (Argentina).
On the Blogroll
I've restored Carpe Diem to the blogroll; I've had occasional difference with Mark Perry's "perky economics": I've thought he's pushed the inflation and jobs stories a little too optimistically, especially for a free market type. But the careful reader will have noticed I've done a few tips of the hat to Carpe Diem over the last few weeks.
I've also added Tom Woods' new podcast to the blogroll. I'm copying below a sample of his latest podcasts (I think he is on hiatus until the New Year); for a full list, I think there's an archive list on the website.
65. Want to Lose Weight? Don't Count CaloriesPop/R&B Vocalist Beyoncé Makes Two Girls' Dreams Come True
Jonathan Bailor, author of The Calorie Myth, on why "counting calories" is a misguided approach to diet and health.
64. Doug Casey on the World
Renowned investor, author, and entrepreneur Doug Casey joins Tom to talk about investing, the Fed, the economy, and politics.
63. Separating the Sheep from the Goats
Today Tom takes on the three issues that separate the sheep from the goats: the Bush/Obama bailouts, state nullification, and foreign policy.
62. Separating School and State
Tom talks to Sheldon Richman, author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families.
61. The Poverty Cure
Michael Matheson Miller, who directs Poverty Cure, talks about entrepreneurial solutions instead of foreign aid for the developing world.
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