Here’s an addendum to last night’s post. The gist of it is that at least one person disagrees with that analysis of the health care bill by Investor’s Business Daily, the one that said it would call a halt to … Continue reading →
…you’ll be able to keep your present coverage, this is what he meant. And Investor’s Business Weekly had to dig into the fine print of the jumungous bill to ferret it out: So we can all keep our coverage, just … Continue reading →
Metaphorically speaking, that is, according to the NY Post: Congressional plans to fund a massive health-care overhaul could have a job-killing effect on New York, creating a tax rate of nearly 60 percent for the state’s top earners and possibly … Continue reading →
Obama lied, the stimulus died. Actually, I should have said “Obama lied or was in error, the stimulus died,” but the rhythm doesn’t scan as well. Now he’s scrambling to rewrite history—so even if he wasn’t lying then, he’s lying … Continue reading →
Is this WaPo editorial a portent of things to come? Let’s hope so. The paper has turned on Congress and to a lesser extent the President, criticizing their proposal to further tax the rich to fund universal health care: The … Continue reading →
President Obama gave a press conference recently at the G-8 summit. In response to a question about health care reform, he said: …whatever bill is produced has to be paid for, and that creates some difficulties because people would like … Continue reading →
Entrepreneur Dan Kennedy writes of the fear Obama’s economic policies are sowing in the business community. He offers the following quote from a board member of a community bank, a man Kennedy describes as someone not prone to wild fears … Continue reading →
Next, the airlines?: Mr. Obama blabs about the evils of lobbying, but his administration is fast becoming the greatest fillip to lobbying ever seen. Ms. Varney has now horned in on the DOT’s action, forcing the airline business and all … Continue reading →
Let’s see if I’ve got this right: the first stimulus hasn’t worked. Whether that’s because it’s a fatally flawed concept or because—although it had to be passed so quickly that there was no time to debate it or read it—most … Continue reading →
And here it is. Too little, too late? Why the big delay? And, as many point out (see, for instance, the comments section here), if she’s so distraught over the victims’ loss, why keep the 2.5 million she’s fought for? … Continue reading →
…so goes the nation? Actually, the Massachusetts plan for health insurance reform, which passed in 2006 with bipartisan support and required everyone in the state to have health insurance or face penalties, seems almost modest compared to some of the … Continue reading →
Obama is in a hurry to pass his sweeping agenda without giving Congress—or the American people—time to learn properly about it and react. “Trust me” he says in that soothing baritone, “and all will be well.” House Democrats have advanced … Continue reading →