Commentary
Business & Economics
U.S. can’t afford Obama’s plans or the taxes that go with them
The pork-laden “stimulus” bill that President Obama recently signed contained more than $100 billion in new government health-care spending. If the president and his congressional allies have their way, though, that’s just the beginning of a vast expansion of government funded health care. Two recent studies from the nonpartisan Congressional ...
Business & Economics
Turning America into a Blue State; Bad Idea?
Some of the right-wing blogs I read are convinced that President Obama sincerely wants to destroy entrepreneurship in this country. This is nonsense. Obama loves entrepreneurship, but he would like to make a few changes to it. It’s the nature of the changes that worries me. If these changes worry ...
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Obama’s healthcare plan: Not healthy, not wealthy, and certainly not wise.
The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), March 7, 2009 In his recent speech to Congress, President Barack Obama touted his administration’s “historic commitment” to “the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American.” But the plan he’s poised to enact would provide care that is neither quality nor ...
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Tax credits urged
Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), March 6, 2009 Tax credits urged Regarding “Oklahoma House panel passes health care bills” (news story, Feb. 24): I commend lawmakers in the Oklahoma House for promoting consumer-directed health plans and health savings accounts. By encouraging insurers to offer low-cost policies that cover core benefits, and ...
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Is Big Pharma’s Policy of Appeasement Backfiring?
Some folks (here and there) have been pretty shocked by an interview with Billy Tauzin, CEO of PhRMA, the research-based drug-makers’ trade association. In it, Mr. Tauzin suggests that his trade association would be happy to see President Obama expand health coverage through government power, instead of competition, because more ...
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Health ‘Reformers’ Ignore Facts
Debunking the Democratic argument for government-run health care The Democrats’ case to expand government health care is so full of holes that passing it quickly is their only hope. If Americans slow down and ask questions, they will be hard-put to come up with answers. In fact, if members of ...
Business & Economics
Prop 1A: Interview with economist Ben Zycher, who says the measure does not deliver on a promise of real spending reform
Ben Zycher, a senior fellow with the Pacific Research Institute, thoroughly reviewed the text of Proposition 1A before the voters this May, and was underwhelmed by alleged spending reforms, and critical of tax increases in the proposal. FR Publisher Jon Fleischman interviews noted economist Ben Zycher A few weeks ago, ...
Business & Economics
Can the Obama Administration Spare Some Real Change?
The Obama administration is ushering in a new era of big government, higher taxes and more spending, to an extent that even supporters are worried. The tech-savvy president should consider recent suggestions from the technology and science sector, such as the idea that not all problems can be solved by ...
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March 6 rally can stop ‘Monopoly’ players from passing ‘Go’
ABC’s John Stossel in a “20/20” report examined America’s education system in a segment called “Stupid in America.” It wasn’t pretty. Teacher unions and bought-and-sold politicians don’t look so good when a reporter of Stossel’s ilk tells the unvarnished truth about public schools. The unions moaned, and one in New ...
Business & Economics
New Mexico’s economic freedom needs boost
Clovis News Journal (Freedom Communications, NM), March 5, 2009 Are you someone who values freedom above all else, including health, safety and welfare? If so, New Mexico has a ways to go to reach the top tier of states. A new study released by the Mercatus Center at George Mason ...
U.S. can’t afford Obama’s plans or the taxes that go with them
The pork-laden “stimulus” bill that President Obama recently signed contained more than $100 billion in new government health-care spending. If the president and his congressional allies have their way, though, that’s just the beginning of a vast expansion of government funded health care. Two recent studies from the nonpartisan Congressional ...
Turning America into a Blue State; Bad Idea?
Some of the right-wing blogs I read are convinced that President Obama sincerely wants to destroy entrepreneurship in this country. This is nonsense. Obama loves entrepreneurship, but he would like to make a few changes to it. It’s the nature of the changes that worries me. If these changes worry ...
Obama’s healthcare plan: Not healthy, not wealthy, and certainly not wise.
The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), March 7, 2009 In his recent speech to Congress, President Barack Obama touted his administration’s “historic commitment” to “the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American.” But the plan he’s poised to enact would provide care that is neither quality nor ...
Tax credits urged
Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), March 6, 2009 Tax credits urged Regarding “Oklahoma House panel passes health care bills” (news story, Feb. 24): I commend lawmakers in the Oklahoma House for promoting consumer-directed health plans and health savings accounts. By encouraging insurers to offer low-cost policies that cover core benefits, and ...
Is Big Pharma’s Policy of Appeasement Backfiring?
Some folks (here and there) have been pretty shocked by an interview with Billy Tauzin, CEO of PhRMA, the research-based drug-makers’ trade association. In it, Mr. Tauzin suggests that his trade association would be happy to see President Obama expand health coverage through government power, instead of competition, because more ...
Health ‘Reformers’ Ignore Facts
Debunking the Democratic argument for government-run health care The Democrats’ case to expand government health care is so full of holes that passing it quickly is their only hope. If Americans slow down and ask questions, they will be hard-put to come up with answers. In fact, if members of ...
Prop 1A: Interview with economist Ben Zycher, who says the measure does not deliver on a promise of real spending reform
Ben Zycher, a senior fellow with the Pacific Research Institute, thoroughly reviewed the text of Proposition 1A before the voters this May, and was underwhelmed by alleged spending reforms, and critical of tax increases in the proposal. FR Publisher Jon Fleischman interviews noted economist Ben Zycher A few weeks ago, ...
Can the Obama Administration Spare Some Real Change?
The Obama administration is ushering in a new era of big government, higher taxes and more spending, to an extent that even supporters are worried. The tech-savvy president should consider recent suggestions from the technology and science sector, such as the idea that not all problems can be solved by ...
March 6 rally can stop ‘Monopoly’ players from passing ‘Go’
ABC’s John Stossel in a “20/20” report examined America’s education system in a segment called “Stupid in America.” It wasn’t pretty. Teacher unions and bought-and-sold politicians don’t look so good when a reporter of Stossel’s ilk tells the unvarnished truth about public schools. The unions moaned, and one in New ...
New Mexico’s economic freedom needs boost
Clovis News Journal (Freedom Communications, NM), March 5, 2009 Are you someone who values freedom above all else, including health, safety and welfare? If so, New Mexico has a ways to go to reach the top tier of states. A new study released by the Mercatus Center at George Mason ...
