Ah, it seems so easy. We all know that there’s waste in health care. We all know that there are unnecessary tests and treatments, and that if we could figure out what they are and eliminate them, health care costs … Continue reading →
Justice Ginsberg has ordered a temporary stay of the Chrysler-Fiat sale. This doesn’t mean a whole lot as yet. The decision can be easily reversed at any time and the deal allowed to go ahead. That may indeed be what … Continue reading →
This editorial in today’s WSJ points out that Obamacare rests on a number of unproven assumptions: The main White House argument for health-care reform goes something like this: If we spend now on a hugely expensive new insurance program for … Continue reading →
An article headlined “If Obama Had Carter’s Courage…” is bound to get my attention. Just the other day I compared Carter favorably to Obama in the arena of hypocrisy about promises not to live high on the public’s dime. Now … Continue reading →
It turns out that, according to this WSJ article, Laffer may have been correct when he said a state that raises taxes on the rich often finds it has fewer revenues rather than more, because the rich have their methods … Continue reading →
In what seemed to be a stock market freefall back in March, some people panicked and did exactly what you’re not supposed to do: sell low, at what now appears to have possibly been the bottom of the market drop. … Continue reading →
Why? Here’s why. The group is one of those supposedly greedy first-line creditors that got shoved out of the way and dissed as insufficiently self-sacrificing by President Obama in his mad dash to reward his union friends in the Chrysler … Continue reading →
Here’s an excellent piece from the Wall Street Journal that describes just what’s wrong with Obama taking on the role of car czar: So far, the Obama administration has yet to lay out its magical thinking on how the homegrown … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse says she wanted to smack Edmund L. Andrews, author of “My Personal Credit Crisis“, when she read his article in Sunday’s NY Times Magazine. And it wouldn’t be a love tap, either. I’m with Althouse. Andrews begins by … Continue reading →
Troubled state governments often look to raise taxes on the rich in their attempt to shore up their depleted coffers. It’s a no-brainer, right? After all, the rich can afford it, and the rest of us can’t. Plus, it appeals … Continue reading →
Back in my more peripatetic days, I used to think that house-sitting might be a good gig. Spend some time here and there in other people’s pleasant homes, paying nothing or maybe even getting paid, with hardly more responsibility than … Continue reading →
This WSJ article points out that: The private groups [who have announced their “cooperation” with Obama’s health care cost-cutting] are calculating that they can better influence this year’s bill if they’re “partners” instead of villains. They’ve no doubt seen what … Continue reading →