Obama and the Buffett Rule
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I’ve listened to the weekly Presidential radio addresses, since at least 2005. (Yes, I know that makes me something of a masochist.) Which means that I’ve heard the last 3 or 4, from President Obama, on the subject of taxes and the Buffet Rule. I’ve been irritated by them and have wanted to do a [...]
Cronyism 101
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John Hinderaker recently did a presentation on corporate cronyism. He cleaned it up and posted both the slides and details online. It’s true that the presentation was given at a semi-annual seminar hosted by the evil Koch brothers. I’m hoping that my liberal friends can manage to overlook that long enough to read the presentation [...]
Obama’s Job Plan: A Never-Never Bill
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Megan McCardle is annoyed that President Obama wasted her time with a job’s plan that he’s not actually interested in passing.
If the president were serious about providing stimulus, he would pay attention to the work of his old CEA chair, and pay for the jobs bill by decreasing the growth rate of something-or-other …
Against Libya
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Victor Davis Hanson elucidates why conservatives oppose the “non-war” that President Obama is “not fighting” in Libya.
2) Approval: To start a third war in the Middle East, the president should have first gone to Congress, especially since he and Vice President Biden have compiled an entire corpus of past speeches, some quite incendiary, …
Obama crafts an executive order to get around the Citizens United ruling
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Many people opposed the Wisconsin “union busting” bill because it was (so they believed) aimed solely at depriving the state Democrats of funding.
Question: using the same reasoning, do you oppose President Obama’s planned executive order? Or is it only wrong when Republicans do it?
(Note: I still disagree with that characterization of Governor Walker’s budget repair …
Palin Satirizes Obama
There are many things not to like about Governor Palin. Her sense of humor isn’t one of them. The same goes for President Bush.
President Obama’s Moral Cowardice and Dr. Berwick
I’m no fan of President Obama. But I believe I have good reason for disliking him.
For instance, take the appointment of Dr. Don Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Berwick was nominated for the post just a few months ago, back in April. Yesterday, the President decided to bypass …
Goldberg, Smith, and Hayek on Socialism
I recently read two good articles, from Jonah Goldberg, on socialism.
Capitalism vs. Capitalists
If by ”capitalist” you mean someone who cares more about his own profit than yours; if you mean someone who cares more about providing for his family than providing for yours; if you mean someone who trusts that he is a …
Your Doctor May Not Be Around Much Longer
”Let me be clear: if you like your doctor, you can keep him”. Who hasn’t heard the President make that promise by now? The problem is, it makes a huge assumption. That promise assumes that your doctor isn’t going to retire as a result of healthcare reform.
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that more …
A Deficit Neutral Health Bill Isn't Enough
Greg Mankiw explains the spending problems with the healthcare bill through a short, imagined dialog between two friends. Here’s the kicker:
Even if you believe that the spending cuts and tax increases in the bill make it deficit-neutral, the legislation will still make solving the problem of the fiscal imbalance harder, because it will …