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Demanding Collective Action
In his second inaugural speech, President Obama calls for “collective action” on the part of the American people, claiming that: For the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged big government, central planning, collective action, inaugural speech, liberal mind, straw man
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Still Attacking Federal Employees
Federal workers have been subject to a pay freeze for the last two years, but that’s apparently not good enough for Republicans in Congress, who now look to introduce legislation to prevent Obama’s plan to give employees a pay raise of, wait for … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged budget deficit, economy, federal spending, government salaries
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Defragmenting Healthcare
Einer Elhauge, a healthcare expert at Harvard University, argues that we can lower healthcare costs and cut the deficit by “defragmenting” the system, by which he means replacing small group physician practices with large companies that combine hospitals and salaried physi-cians, similar to … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged budget deficit, healthcare costs, ObamaCare
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Brave Liberals
So now Quentin Tarantino has a new movie, “Django Unchained,” which features depictions of slavery in the U.S. In interviews, Tarantino claims that the truth about slavery was a thousand times worse than that portrayed in the movie. But what’s … Continue reading
Cyclists Are The New 1%
For some time, the Washington D.C. area has ranked either first or second in the country for the worst traffic congestion, so of course the liberals in charge have worked hard to create even greater congestion by building the nation’s “largest, most … Continue reading
Giving Up The Constitution
Writing in the NY Times, Louis Seidman, a constitutional law professor at Georgetown University, suggests that we give up on the Constitution, because according to him, our “insistence on obedience to the Constitution” is the cause of our “broken” government. Seidman … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged big government, constitution, current events, divided nation, government, liberal mind, liberals, self government
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Liberals Still At It
Boy, a person might think that liberals would take a break, at least during the holidays, from their muddled thinking, hypocrisy, and outright nastiness, but no such luck. For starters, the state of Colorado is busy drafting rules to require dog daycare and boarding facilities … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, People, Politics
Tagged adoption, big government, current events, dogs, gun violence, Hillary Clinton, Hollywood, liberal mind, liberals, Michael Moore
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Misrepresenting Medicare
Liberals seem to be reading from the same broken script with respect to Medicare costs. First, Ruth Marcus and Ezra Klein claim that Medicare costs are “lower than those of private insur-ers” (here and here) and now Matthew Yglesias claims that every dollar the federal govern-ment … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged budget, current events, fiscal cliff, healthcare, liberals, Medicare, ObamaCare
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Medicare Eligibility Age
It’s always bizarre to see liberals like Matthew Yglesias ignore the historical evidence and argue that central government, with its central planning and price controls, will do a better job at managing the economy than a system organized around markets and competition. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged big government, central planning, Matthew Yglesias, Medicare, ObamaCare, price controls, public option
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Spending Is The Problem
In his latest column, George Will cites to an article by economist, Jeffrey Dorfman, in which Dorfman refers to some interesting facts about the deficit. In the last year of the Clinton administration, which was the last time the budget was balanced, Dorfman points out … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged budget deficit, fiscal cliff, government spending, taxation, taxes
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