We’ve seen it time and again. Government creates a mess, then offers itself as a solution, (using other people’s money, of course). Healthcare: Government creates a massively distorted, overprices (and going up) socialist patchwork of a health care system, then wants to help it out by "sharing the burden" with full-tilt single-payer socialism. Medicaid and [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
- Sep30
Obama: What Rule of Law?
Obama says we should let illegals into the N.C. community college system.
- Sep30
Bailout Brain Trust
A bunch of my favorite minds on the bailout. (Munger’s in there too.)-Max Borders (Update: More sanity on the bailout; plus here, and here (honest uncertainty) and here fed up with inadequate metaphors.)
- Sep29
Perdue: A Pump of Bad Ideas
Apparently, Bev Perdue would like to give Hugo Chavez-type powers to the governor during times of ‘crisis.’ According to Under the Dome, Perdue says: "The governor needs the power to be able to respond," Perdue said in a telephone interview. "The governor would have been able to work with other governors in other states who [...]
- Sep26
Meltdown Origins?
This Youtuber thinks he’s found the origins of this financial mess. (Hint: it ain’t "deregulation".)
- Sep26
Want to reduce county hospital costs?
Pass local immigration reform … Prince William County, Va., did in 2007. The result: 47% decline in uninsured births at Potomac Hospital in eastern Prince William County. 33% decline in uninsured births at Prince William Hospital in Manassas. 10% decline in uninsured emergency room visits at Potomac Hospital. Read more here. And don’t forget to [...]
- Sep26
Running out of Gas
Anti-"gouging" laws are causing filling stations around the state to run out. But nobody mentions that in this article. Now that prices are being set by idiotic bureaucrats, we can expect more of this.-Max Borders
- Sep25
The Financial Crisis Distilled
Tony Woodlief nails it: For those of you who lack the advanced financial expertise necessary to decipher news surrounding the current mess, I’ve interviewed an expert to help us make sense of the headlines. Q: How did we get into this mess? A: Two entities created and overseen by Congress, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, [...]
- Sep25
Timing
While pulling into a parking lot this morning, I saw this car. Just thought it was amazingly ironic given the controversy this week surrounding Lt Gov Perdue’s fundraising from DOT members.
- Sep24
Government + Wall Street = Mess
Russell Roberts stands athwart the calls government for regulation and bailouts and yells: look in the mirror, government. Check out this piece and consider this quote: Both presidential candidates will promise a risk-free world with high returns. But peddling that fantasy is the cause of the current crisis. We treat our children this way–we do [...]