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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Mandates, Health Care, Broccoli and Social Security
While some Supreme Court justices come up with the absurd equivalence of broccoli and health care when discussing mandated purchases, the House is passing yet another mandated purchase — this time retirement. These government mandates of dealing with the private … Continue reading
The Republican economic policy: Subsidies for Big Oil, Tax cuts for the rich
In the House and Senate we saw the true Republican plan for the economy: Give money (subsidies, tax breaks, etc.) to the oil companies. Cut taxes on the wealthy (in order to cut services for the poor) Both of these … Continue reading
The future of health care in America is bleak
While health insurance and health care are not the same thing, it is generally true that those without health insurance do not pay for routine health care and end up as a burden on the (government funded) emergency room system … Continue reading
Affordable Health Care takes center stage
It is not just the name of the legislation (Affordable) it is the concept of affordable health care that is at stake in the suit before the Supreme Court. The health care act of 2 years ago wasn’t the best … Continue reading
Santorum self-destructs
Santorum (in Wisconsin) says: Why would we put someone up who is uniquely – pick any other Republican in the country. He is the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama. Then a reporter (well it … Continue reading
Health Care Reform, 2 years old
Two years ago we had the first major change in health care rules since maybe the original Medicare legislation (but that only applied to a subset of the population). About 16 years before that we had the attempt at change … Continue reading
Romney gets closer to the nomination, time to reset his campaign.
Romney got a little closer to closing out the nomination — though it is still early in the game (Texas and California, the 2 largest states, have not voted). Then today Jeb Bush endorsed Romney (that sounds a lot like … Continue reading
Shooting of teen in Florida, Has Florida legalized drive-by shootings?
Back when Florida passed the so-called “stand your ground” law that under some conditions allows the use of deadly force, it was clear that the time would come when the law was abused and innocent citizens would be killed. What … Continue reading
Afghanistan, the future and Karzai
Karzai’s recent statements are, at one level, puzzling. While outrage at recent actions by individuals in the US military is understandable, Karzai seems to be attacking his only support. The US was instrumental in bringing him to power and is … Continue reading
If it’s Wednesday, there must be some primary results
A few brief observations on the Alabama/Mississippi/Hawaii results Gingrich is in trouble (he can’t win his “neighboring” state of Alabama) Santorum can win the conservative vote and not much else (i.e. look at Hawaii) Romney isn’t liked by very many … Continue reading