Giuliani said two things today at the Conservative Leadership Conference that lit this blogger up: First, he said: "I’ll be darned if I’m going to concede that Democrats care more about poor people than we do." This is a message that was awkwardly put by Bush in 2000 as "compassionate conservatism." But what Giuliani is [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2007
- Apr27
Cannon: Medicaid
Cannon (paraphrasing): Conservatives don’t understand that they have the better side of the argument: -Tax burden of Medicaid: $1100 per capita. -Covers 4 people for the price of 10 (6 people lose their health insurance).-Increases price of private care (prescriptions by 13 percent!)-Traps families in low-wage jobs.-Covers more than just the poor. Creates artificial poverty [...]
- Apr27
Post Giuliani – CLC Panel on Healthcare
As we wait to start the panel on healthcare, I’m reminded of Rudy Giuliani’s just-uttered lunchtime remarks on the healthcare status quo. That is: healthcare is currently not free. And we’re (or rather the Democrats are) moving (us) towards socialized medicine. Healthcare is currently a hodgepodge of control among HMOs, government bureaucrats, and the service [...]
- Apr27
Live Blogging from CLC
When I’m not running around, I’ll try to do some live blogging from the Conservative Leadership Conference here in downtown Raleigh. Today we’ve got Rudy Giuliani kicking off the event. Should be interesting. Stay tuned.
- Apr26
Red and Circus
Protestors are planning to rain on the CLC picnic, says Under the Dome. We’ll all be in the hotel sitting comfortably with our rubber chicken, iced tea, and registration materials, unable to hear the commotion. Nor will we care. The N&O is being as helpful to spread the word about the protest as they are [...]
- 1Apr26
Environmentalism v. the Poor (Again)
2 million acres gone by 2027!? … This post at BlueNC laments the development of Wake County and other urban areas in North Carolina. They want open spaces and other natural areas protected from developers: Environment North Carolina just released a report showing that the Triangle will lose 37% of its natural areas, the Charlotte [...]
- Apr25
Poor Mouthing the Freedom Budget
Fitzsimon over at NC Policy Watch takes a pot-shot at the John Locke foundation for their annual alternative NC budget, known as the "freedom budget." The Policy Watcher says: While the House budget looks bad and Berger and Stam’s position that cutting taxes on the wealthy is more important than providing services is worse, neither [...]
- Apr25
Cannon Fodder
Michael Cannon – who’ll be discussing healthcare reform at our Conservative Leadership Conference – has a solid piece over at TCSDaily.com. Here’s a juicy bit: But if simply expanding coverage won’t get us there, where should policymakers focus their efforts? They could start with the fact that federal laws have created a health care system [...]
- Apr24
Cooper: A Taste of Fame
We’re fascinated by Attorney General Cooper’s, eh hem, ethics after donning paladin’s armor in the wake of the Duke Lacrosse case: >He gave CBS’s "60 Minutes" an exclusive interview.>He then accepted tickets to a sumptuous social gala — the Correspondent’s Association annual dinner — hob-knobbing with the likes of Katie Couric and Terri Hatcher. We’re [...]
- Apr24
Out of the Mouths of Babes
This young person’s class project in Oregon brings some well-needed common sense to the global warming debate. There is hope in the next generation.