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Health care costrs rising
Pretty obvious why both can be true. People who are in private insurance and go to the low cost public plan, prior to enactment of Obama's health care plan, were costing the government $0. On top of that, if the people were in a less generous plan with regards to copays, or had no insurance, then suddenly they are spending other people's money, ...
Posted to Kausfiles by MikeNn on June 15, 2009
Bonus Madness and AIG
From an article in today’s Washington Post: “Fed officials also hope to keep current employees with [AIG]. The senior executives whose decisions caused the company's collapse are long gone. Most of those left behind are trying to unwind complicated derivative contracts. Completing that process correctly is essential to preserving as much value ...
Posted to Today's Papers by mathpol on March 17, 2009
Stimulation- Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GszFafZWxik The title refers to the stimulus package recently passed by Congress. Sung to the music of “Celebration”, by Kool and the Gang.
Posted to Slate V: News and Politics by mathpol on February 16, 2009
Stimulation (as in stimulating the economy)
The title refers to the stimulus package now before Congress. To be sung to the music of “Celebration”, by Kool and the Gang. Karaoke style. Stimulation
Posted to Best of the Fray by mathpol on February 8, 2009
How the finacial collapse was fortold
Response reprinted by permission of MonopolyOnReason. The article waffles between blaming libertarians for the collapse of the economy and pitying them for their intellectual immaturity. Displayed in this article is a misunderstanding of the market and the ethics put forth by libertarians. The free market does not have its own idea about ...
Posted to The Big Idea by reasonopoly on October 21, 2008
Re: A sorry state
Curragh makes a similar point to mine, only better and more concisely, and provokes a longer, more confused reply from jsgilm. One that attempts to refute the charge of jingoistic irrelevance with a fresh dose of, er, jingoistic irrelevance. According to which, literary recognition is but ''a sort of phantom strength'', a poor surrogate for ...
Posted to Culturebox by Nordolf on October 9, 2008
It's Good to Know You Do Care Really
Putting aside the credibility problem that afflicts ''Why We Don't Care'' pieces, roughly in proportion to their word count, Kirsch was doing alright here. That is, up until his assertion that the source of injustice at the Swedish Academy is Europe's pent-up resentment at being ''culturally, economically and politically dependent on the United ...
Posted to Culturebox by Nordolf on October 7, 2008
Liberal Media Lies
Political logic augurs a Democratic triumph in looming US elections but Barack Obama’s White House duel with John McCain is still a statistical tie, prompting some to wonder why he is yet to break away. Political logic augurs a democratic triumph? Augur: To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. What signs or omens are they looking ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 12, 2008
Obama - "Change You Can Count On"-(flip flop) - part 1
''Change You Can Count on'' What??? CHANGE #1: Despite Pledging To Withdraw American Troops From Iraq Immediately, Barack Obama Now Says He Would ''Refine'' His Policy After Listening To The Commanders On The Ground In July 2008, Barack Obama Said He Will Continue To ''Refine'' His Iraq Policy. Obama: ''I've always said that the pace of ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 11, 2008
Obama's Nobel Prize-McCain Stole the Election
Isn’t interesting how all the major TV and cable networks (except balanced FOX), along with all of Hollywood (except Chuck Norris), the entire music industry (except country) all of academia (except economists) and all European Nations (including Canada ;-) are pushing for Obama and the polls are still close?! The Communist News Network (CNN) and ...
Posted to Politics by Ralph7 on July 29, 2008

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