Long, yes; but worth the read. ===== Jonathan Tepper on Obamacare Dear friends, Please pardon this long email, but after reading endless drivel on Obamacare, I needed to write this. I’m afraid almost all discussions on the left and right regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) miss some very basic things. So I hope this email will explain a few economic ideas and put them... Read more
Archive for the ‘ObamaCare’ Category
Peggy Noonan’s Opinion Blog
November 6 | Posted by mrossol | Noonan, ObamaCareAre Republicans anywhere listening???? ===== Obama’s Catastrophic Victory Years ago John McPhee wrote a great book about Bill Bradley called “A Sense of Where You Are.” I keep thinking about that title. You have to know where you are in time and space, you have to know who you are and what you’re doing, you have to be able to locate the moment... Read more
The 31-Year-Old Strategist Behind the Shutdown
October 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaCareVery interesting. I am still not sure I agree with all this guy says, but it really made me do some thinking. ==== ‘I really believe we are in a great position right now,” says Michael Needham, the 31-year-old president of Heritage Action, the lobbying arm of the nation’s largest conservative think tank. By “we” he means the Republican Party and... Read more
Now Is the Time to Delay ObamaCare
October 19 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCareSome good suggestions. ==== The Obama administration has an implementation problem. More than any administration of the modern era they know how to talk but have trouble doing. They give speeches about ObamaCare but when it’s unveiled what the public sees is a Potemkin village designed by the noted architect Rube Goldberg. They speak ringingly about the case for action in Syria... Read more
The Hypocrisy Of Congress’s Gold-Plated Health Care
September 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaCare, The LeftI don’t care: Right or Left. Who is speaking up against this “abuse of the Constitution”?? ======= By WILLIAM BENNETT And CHRISTOPHER BEACH As close observers of history and human nature, James Madison and the other Founders of the U.S. Constitution knew that the equal and unbiased application of the law to all people, especially elected officials, is essential to freedom and justice... Read more
Obamacare: Congress Excused
August 8 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ObamaCareYou are not surprised, are you? =========== The White House on Wednesday released the legal details behind its ObamaCare bailout for Members of Congress and their staffs, and if anything this rescue is worse than last week’s leaks suggested: Illegal dispensations for the ruling class, different rules for the hoi polloi. Thanks to an amendment from Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley that Democrats enacted... Read more
