“Every American should have the right to decide not to participate in ObamaCare: If you like ObamaCare and its subsidies, you can keep it. If you don’t, you are free to buy the health insurance that fits your needs,” writes Phil Gramm in the WSJ. Republicans need to craft a simple bill that is easy […]
Jonathan Gruber and Padded Bills?
Jonathan Gruber, the MIT economists who was an advisor to the Obama administration on the Affordable Care Act, is the target of a Vermont state audit. The reason? He may have padded bills for his economic modeling work on a proposed Vermont health system. Mr. Gruber is infamously known for his comment that “the stupidity […]
How to Stop the Coming Islamic Apocalypse
“The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.” …The Atlantic Peggy Noonan’s writes of Graeme Wood’s upcoming piece in The Atlantic […]
Free Speech Alive and Well—at Yale?
Dick and I, for various unexpected reasons, were not able to attend the Cato Institute Benefactor Summit held this year in Naples, Florida. Among the highlights we will miss is keynote speaker Ayann Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born human rights activists, a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, founder of the AHA Foundation, and author of Infidel. […]
The NFL—Nonprofit, Tax-Exempt
Unlike Major League Baseball—which pays federal taxes—the National Football League, which gained tax-exempt status in 1944, does not pay federal taxes. The league itself is nonprofit, tax-exempt. Notwithstanding that taxpayers fund most stadium costs, television images made in those publicly funded stadiums are privatized, with all gains kept by owners. And yes, NFL commissioner Roger […]
Undoing the Damage from Obamacare
On March 4, the most important challenge to Obamacare goes before the Supreme Court. In King v. Burwell, according to Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner, the case is not about more federal welfare payments or about the technical interpretation of statutory language. It is about whether a president has the power to unilaterally rewrite a law. […]
Tunnel Vision Is Not a Bedside Manner
Would it surprise you to learn that the Department of Health and Human Services barely bothered to study electronic health records (EHRs) before nationalizing the program? Physicians are forced to comply with the EHRs by filling out a template for every patient to show the federal government that they are making “meaningful use” of the […]
Rewriting Obamacare?
The Cato Institute has filed an amicus brief in support of King, (in the King v. Burwell case) which will be argued on March 4. Read here from Cato Chairman Bob Levy why President Obama’s intent to rewrite the statute is an abuse of executive power. The Affordable Care Act authorizes the federal government to […]
Intellectuals Bringing Nirvana?
Originally posted November 18, 2014. Richard W. Rahn, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, writes, “The longest-running scam is the big lie that more government spending will create jobs and raise wages.” In order to believe this scam, you have to believe that government is more efficient than the private sector. In the wake of […]
Bragging Rights in Texas
Do economic prosperity and freedom go hand in hand? Recently Canada’s Fraser Institute ranked all 50 U.S. states in each state’s level of economic freedom based on government, taxation, regulation, and rule of law. It should come as no surprise that Texas comes in #1. When asked by National Review’s John Fund the secrets to […]
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