I was thinking today that the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) serves no useful purpose anymore. It’s not allowed to tell the truth. Instead, it has become the tool of a Congress willing, eager, and all too skilled at tailoring legislation … Continue reading →
I almost missed the fact that last week John McCain proposed a bill to reinstate Glass Steagall (see these articles for my previous thoughts on restoring the act). This is a reminder of why John McCain, with all his very … Continue reading →
Remember that promise the Obama administration made, that health care reform would be financed by cost-saving machinations that would eliminate waste while maintaining quality? Turns out that those measures are unspecified and unknown, theoretical and untested, and that major players … Continue reading →
President Obama says “”I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.” No, of course not. He ran for office to be helping out his own fat cat friends and … Continue reading →
Holman Jenkins writes: It’s no exaggeration to say the Senate health-care bill taking shape is the equivalent of climbing aboard a train about to plunge into a canyon and deciding what it really needs is a bomb on board. Ouch. … Continue reading →
Remember (ah, it seems like eons ago) the first few months of Obama’s presidency? The focus was on the economy and attempts to foster its recovery. There were a gazillion articles about what had gone wrong: blame the Democrats, blame … Continue reading →
Here’s another piece to read, and then send to everyone you know. If they’re anything like my (almost universally liberal) friends, they won’t read it. Or if they do, they won’t believe it. Or if they read it and believe … Continue reading →
The Times Online reports the case of Hazel Fenton, a near-casualty of the British health care system: AN 80-year-old grandmother who doctors identified as terminally ill and left to starve to death has recovered after her outraged daughter intervened. Hazel … Continue reading →
This is very disturbing. It’s the sort of article I recommend you read and then forward it to your friends, even the liberals among them. I would imagine it would give most people pause.
Continue reading →Whoever said our legislators (approval rating: 21%) weren’t creative? They sure are working hard to figure out a way to get enough votes to slide some sort of public option by, whether Americans like it or not—although if certain recent … Continue reading →
Why do we have to keep rediscovering—as the state of New York recently has—that raising taxes on the rich is so often of illusory benefit? Probably because it’s such a tempting thing to do. After all, there the rich are, … Continue reading →
With all the news swirling around lately it seems that Obama’s approach to the financial crisis, a topic that was the main focus of the early months of his presidency, has gone on the back burner. But as his more … Continue reading →