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 →
Despite growing opposition, President Obama hasn’t given up on his plans for sweeping reforms—including a public option—in health care and health insurance. But if Obama would slow down and work on Medicare first, and actually succeed in cutting costs there, … Continue reading →
Here’s another case where the conscientious lose out: people who have old gas-guzzlers get to trade them in for government incentives of $3,500 to $4,500 when they get more energy efficient cars. That’s not chump change, even if you figure … Continue reading →
It’s not often such things come my way, but I’ve just gotten hold of an audio tape made surreptitiously by an Obama confederate, and I’ve made a transcript of the goings-on. The place: somewhere in the White House. The time: … Continue reading →
It sounded so tempting back in the fall—a government bailout. Maybe there was a free lunch (and free dinner, and free bedtime snack) after all for failing corporations, provided by the hand of government. It’s hard to remember, it seems … Continue reading →
The newly appointed chairman of GM admits he don’t know nothin’ ’bout makin’ cars. But he vows to learn. The Treasury Department thinks Edward E. Whiteacre Jr., who spent his 43-year career at AT&T, is just the ticket for the … Continue reading →