Posts
In Praise of Government Gridlock - Mike Reid - Mises Daily: " join in with the state to rob the rich or cut your kids' education (which you are already forced to pay for).
Californians do not get to choose between increasing taxes and cutting their state's bloated public pensions, which are now unfunded to the tune of $497 billion dollars. Neither do the voters have the option to cut the governor's pet project — a $68 billion high-speed rail line. That's not on the chopping block either."
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Op-Ed: Sikh temple shooting will disappoint gun prohibitionists
Op-Ed: Sikh temple shooting will disappoint gun prohibitionists: "82 percent of so-called “rampage killers” got their guns legally"
Irrational Infatuation with Biofuels | Richard W. Rahn | Cato Institute: Commentary
Irrational Infatuation with Biofuels | Richard W. Rahn | Cato Institute: Commentary: "So when you turn on your TV news and see very hungry people in poor countries, food riots in Europe and the Middle East, and Americans getting upset and suffering from high food prices and unnecessarily high energy prices, you should remember that the real villains in this global tragedy are the members of Congress and politicians in other countries who voted for these insane policies."
Philadelphia woman faces $600-a-day fine for feeding needy neighborhood kids | Fox News
Philadelphia woman faces $600-a-day fine for feeding needy neighborhood kids | Fox News: "Prattis lives in a residential zone, hence handing out food to children is not allowed. The township says she needs to go before a zoning board to ask for a variance, which would cost her up to $1,000 in administrative fees.
"I don't think it's my responsibility to go to her to say, 'why don’t you come to talk to me to see if there’s something that we can do to help your program,'" William Pisarek, the Chester Township business manager, said."
"I don't think it's my responsibility to go to her to say, 'why don’t you come to talk to me to see if there’s something that we can do to help your program,'" William Pisarek, the Chester Township business manager, said."
Monday, August 13, 2012
A Hungry World Population? Oh Well, Let Them Eat Ethanol! | Patrick J. Michaels | Cato Institute: Commentary
A Hungry World Population? Oh Well, Let Them Eat Ethanol! | Patrick J. Michaels | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The amount [of ethanol] to be produced is a mandate, not a choice. It’s 13.2 billion gallons this year. Last year we burnt up 40% of our crop. This year, given the expected yield reductions, we could easily destroy over half of our corn."
"Now, the Saudi Arabia of corn burns up half of its supply, instead of selling it to a hungry world. All of this was brought to you by our greener friends and, yes, Republicans, working the political process hand in hand. Later, the environmental community realized—as some of us had been telling them for years—that corn ethanol results in an increase in carbon dioxide emissions, not a decrease.
Of course, there is little chance that the disproportionately influential farm lobby is going to swallow changing the ethanol mandate when its constituents are making money hand-over-fist because of an artificially induced shortage."
"Now, the Saudi Arabia of corn burns up half of its supply, instead of selling it to a hungry world. All of this was brought to you by our greener friends and, yes, Republicans, working the political process hand in hand. Later, the environmental community realized—as some of us had been telling them for years—that corn ethanol results in an increase in carbon dioxide emissions, not a decrease.
Of course, there is little chance that the disproportionately influential farm lobby is going to swallow changing the ethanol mandate when its constituents are making money hand-over-fist because of an artificially induced shortage."
Zimmerman defense lawyers won't argue 'stand-your-ground' in Florida shooting case | Fox News
Zimmerman defense lawyers won't argue 'stand-your-ground' in Florida shooting case | Fox News: "the traditional self-defense approach is appropriate because the facts suggest his client couldn't retreat from a beating Martin was giving him."
Obamacare: No Free Lunches | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary
Obamacare: No Free Lunches | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: "according to the Department of Health and Human Services, the cost of continuing coverage from 18 to 26 could run as high as $3,400 per child per year. Much of that additional cost is passed back to companies that provide insurance coverage to dependents of their employees.
Politicians often act as though government programs are cost free.
The predictable result: Companies are dropping dependent coverage altogether. Among them is one of the largest union-administered health-insurance funds in New York, SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, which is now dropping dependent coverage for 30,000 workers. Ironically, the fund had previously covered nearly 6,000 workers’ children, some up to age 23. "
"Lenoir-Rhyne University of Hickory, N.C., the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., and Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, are all dropping school-sponsored plans starting in the fall. The colleges said that Obamacare’s regulations would have driven up students’ premiums tenfold. And, Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan., was forced to raise the premium on the plan it offered students from $445 to more than $2,000 to pay for the new level of coverage required by the health-care law.
The Obama administration’s requirement that insurance include contraceptive coverage is also causing Catholic universities to drop student coverage."
"insurers in 20 states have responded by discontinuing “child only” insurance coverage"
"at least 10 percent of employers plan to drop their coverage in the next couple of years as a result of Obamacare"
Politicians often act as though government programs are cost free.
The predictable result: Companies are dropping dependent coverage altogether. Among them is one of the largest union-administered health-insurance funds in New York, SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, which is now dropping dependent coverage for 30,000 workers. Ironically, the fund had previously covered nearly 6,000 workers’ children, some up to age 23. "
"Lenoir-Rhyne University of Hickory, N.C., the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., and Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, are all dropping school-sponsored plans starting in the fall. The colleges said that Obamacare’s regulations would have driven up students’ premiums tenfold. And, Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan., was forced to raise the premium on the plan it offered students from $445 to more than $2,000 to pay for the new level of coverage required by the health-care law.
The Obama administration’s requirement that insurance include contraceptive coverage is also causing Catholic universities to drop student coverage."
"insurers in 20 states have responded by discontinuing “child only” insurance coverage"
"at least 10 percent of employers plan to drop their coverage in the next couple of years as a result of Obamacare"
Fairness Act a Step Toward a Logical Immigration Policy | Alex Nowrasteh | Cato Institute: Commentary
Fairness Act a Step Toward a Logical Immigration Policy | Alex Nowrasteh | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The current rule allows only 7 percent of employment-based green cards to be allotted to immigrants from any one country — creating an enormous backlog for skilled immigrants from India, China and the Philippines. The Fairness act would eliminate the per-country limit and decrease wait times.
Critics of legal immigration argue that allowing skilled immigrants to come to the United States deprives native-born Americans of job opportunities at a time when unemployment is 8.2 percent. This argument rests on the fallacy that the job market is a fixed pie and that each immigrant hired by a U.S. business means one fewer job is available to a native-born citizen."
Critics of legal immigration argue that allowing skilled immigrants to come to the United States deprives native-born Americans of job opportunities at a time when unemployment is 8.2 percent. This argument rests on the fallacy that the job market is a fixed pie and that each immigrant hired by a U.S. business means one fewer job is available to a native-born citizen."
Treasury: U.S. to lose $25 billion on auto bailout | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Treasury: U.S. to lose $25 billion on auto bailout | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com: "The Treasury Department says in a new report the government expects to lose more than $25 billion on the $85 billion auto bailout. That's 15 percent higher than its previous forecast."
"The auto industry rescue helped save more than one million jobs throughout our nation's industrial heartland"
That is only $25,000/job saved -- what a steal!
"The auto industry rescue helped save more than one million jobs throughout our nation's industrial heartland"
That is only $25,000/job saved -- what a steal!
The Daily Caller: Senators: ‘bloated’ government IT departments need to clean house before ‘dictating standards to businesses’ - In the News - Newsroom - Ron Johnson, United States Senator for Wisconsin
The Daily Caller: Senators: ‘bloated’ government IT departments need to clean house before ‘dictating standards to businesses’ - In the News - Newsroom - Ron Johnson, United States Senator for Wisconsin: "“Before dictating standards to businesses, the government should certify that it meets the same levels of IT security and efficiency that it intends to impose on the private sector.”"
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)