Do Republicans Have an Alternative to Obamacare?
With the Supreme Court likely to rule on the Affordable Care Act tomorrow, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what will happen afterwards. Continue reading
Tag Archives: ObamaCare
Reviewing the Dueling Debt Speeches
Last night, both President and Obama gave speeches regarding the debt limit debate going on in Washington, D.C. I did not watch the speeches, but I did read the text of both of them. Here are my thoughts as I read them (if you would like to read them, you can read the president’s here, and the speaker’s here): Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged debt ceiling, debt limit, John Boehner, ObamaCare, President Obama, Speaker of the House, stimulus
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The Failure of Compromise
Last week, in a post about redistricting, I noted that people are mistaken if they think that their vote actually elects their representative. Here’s another reason why your vote counts for less than you think: the representatives we send to Congress write very little of the governing law of our nation. Not that I’m trying to discourage you from voting or anything… Continue reading
The Real Reason Government Can’t Do Anything Well
Why do people complain about government? Why do conservatives say that everything the government does is inefficient? Why do some people want to privatize Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Education, and the post office? Why do a lot of people advocate for smaller government? One thing: price controls. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Video
Tagged consumers, free market, government, Medicaid, Medicare, minimum wage, ObamaCare, price controls, producers, rationing, rent control, scarcity, smaller government, Social Security
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2010: The Year in Review
So much has happened in 2010, so at the end of the year, I thought I’d look back at some of the milestones of 2010: Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged 2010 elections, Afghanistan, Arizona immigration law, best of 2010, brevis.me, CableGate, Deepwater Horizon, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Edward Kennedy, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, Greece's sovereign debt rating, Haiti earthquake, Joe Manchin, John Murtha, Martha Coakley, milestones of 2010, ObamaCare, oil spill, President of Poland, Restoring Honor rally, Robert Byrd, Scott Brown upset, tax bill, Wall Street reform act, WikiLeaks
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ObamaCare Death Panels?
I was reading in the New York Times today an article entitled “Obama to Enact End-of-Life Plan that Caused Stir.” Do you remember when ObamaCare (rather, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was being debated, and there was this big kerfuffle about “death panels”? Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics, Video
Tagged CNN, death panels, Earl Blumenauer, end-of-life planning, Fox News, kerfuffle, Medicare wellness benefit, New York Times, ObamaCare, Oregon, Parker Spitzer
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2012 Republican Presidential Contenders
In order of their current likelihood that they’ll end up the Republican nominee, here is my list of potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates: Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged 2012 Presidential election, Bobby Jindal, Chris Christie, Dick Gephardt, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, Haley Barbour, health care, Mike Huckabee, Mike Pence, Mitch Daniels, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, North Korea, ObamaCare, Paul Ryan, President Obama, Republican candidates, Rick Perry, Rod Blagojevich, Rolland Burris, Sarah Palin, second tier candidate, South Korea, Tim Pawlenty
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Blog of the Month: Best of the Web Today
I’ve been reading “Best of the Web Today” for several years now. If you want something that’s informative but at the same time snarky, snide, sarcastic and elitist, then this is the blog for you. It’s written by James Taranto, the editor of OpinionJournal.com (part of the Wall Street Journal–I know, I just lost half of you for saying that). Continue reading
Election Post-Mortem
Taking a page from Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post (though he did his before the election), here’s my election post-mortem: Continue reading
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Tagged Alexi Giannoulias, Barack Obama, Bob Dold, Charles Krauthammer, Chris Dudley, Dan Seals, election results, Fox News, Harry Reid, Joe Walsh, John Hickenlooper, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Mark Kirk, Mark Schauer, Melissa Bean, ObamaCare, Phil Crane, Sharron Angle, Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin, Tim Walberg, Tom Daschle
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My first choice for Congress…
I don’t often campaign for people. In fact, I’ve only ever done it for two people in my entire life (short, though it may have been so far). When I lived in Wheaton, I worked for Peter Roskam’s first campaign, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged abortion, Bill Foster, health care, Judy Biggert, ObamaCare, Peter Roskam, pro-life, Randy Hultgren, stimulus, TARP
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