I'm just saying - this is madness! California, New Jersey, New York, Greece, Spain, U.K. are in the death spiral of social democracy - low growth, cut spending, more low growth, tax revenues down, cut spending more, and so on. And the Obama Administration, because of some ideological deafness, stupidity or a rigid "transformative" agenda, passed a health care law that was purposely disguised as a way to reduce the deficit, as if expanding the federal bureacracy would ever do that.
Investors.com - Once Patients Pay, Health Costs Will Fall. The push to reform the system is going in exactly the wrong direction. Instead of minimizing patient involvement in payment for treatment, Washington should be seeking to increase patients' role. "By not knowing
Tom’s excellent blogon the nightmare of ‘world government’ hits upon a very strong argument for localism. As Tom put it: When all is said and done, there is one, final check upon a government’s ability to oppress its people. It is the mechanism used by Cubans when they tie empty oil drums to the chassis of old cars and try to paddle to Florida, or by North Koreans who manage to sneak all the way from
Dec 8 MyBusiness.com Today President Obama outlined a series of initiatives designed to spur job growth—particularly by small business owners. "Where was this proposal more than a year ago when the economy nose-dived?" you're probably thinking. And you're right, but so is the saying better late than never. As outlined in this New York Times article, the proposals include a tax credit and a temporary elimination of capital gains for small businesses that create new jobs. Obama
