Here’s John Stossel:
Would libertarian Stossel let insurance companies run wild? That’s how Bill O’Reilly teases my Factor appearance tonight.
Bill and I at least agree about the problems with Obamacare, especially the out of control costs it would bring. But he thinks that the government must step in to “regulate insurance companies”, to “make the market [...]
“We are held hostage at any given moment by health insurance companies that deny coverage or drop coverage or charge fees that people can’t afford.” — Barack Obama, Aug. 14, 2009.
“We’re seeing this at the same time where not only is there an economic downturn around the country, but we know that insurance companies are [...]
All one needs to know about President Obama’s “bipartisan” health care summit — and his intentions — is succinctly summarized on their own website (which they tried to scrub, but which thanks to Google caching was all for naught).
[Via Michelle Malkin] White House: Where’s the GOP health care plan? Where’s the GOP healthcare plan?
GOP: Um, [...]
I had a laugh out loud moment this Sunday night, flipping channels and stopping on the FX network showing (yet again) of The Day After Tomorrow, an apocalyptic global warming movie filled with gratuitous scenes of our destruction.
I imagine the folks at FX programming probably would never have guessed that this weekend one of the [...]
WaPost columnist George Will covers the highlights of former Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan’s road to economic recovery. This is exactly the kind of fiscal agenda that would have ensured a victory for John McCain — already popular with moderates, he just needed to energize the Republican base. Will the moderates ever learn?
Ryan would eliminate taxes [...]
Here’s Charles Krauthammer on how the liberal masses have reacted to their lost Senate seat in Massachusetts:
Liberal expressions of disdain for the intelligence and emotional maturity of the electorate have been, post-Massachusetts, remarkably unguarded. New York Times columnist Charles Blow chided Obama for not understanding the necessity of speaking “in the plain words of plain [...]
“If you make less than $250,000 your taxes will not go up. Not one dime.” — Barack Obama.
Not one dime, that is, as long as you’re not married. If you’re married the ObamaCare bill would hit couples making as little as $25,000 each. From the Wall Street Journal:
WASHINGTON – Some married couples would pay thousands [...]
What’s remarkable about this article is just how unapologetic and brazen the UN is about making claims — and thus promoting expensive, uneconomic policies — that aren’t remotely based on science. This is precisely the pattern that was fortified from the ClimateGate e-mails.
[Wall Street Journal] An influential United Nations panel is facing growing criticism about [...]
Here’s Skeptical Environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg on the folly of trying to reduce carbon emissions:
Two points underlie the issue of global warming: First, developing nations have no intention of letting the developed world force them to stop using carbon-emitting fuels. They are understandably wary of any policy that might curtail the domestic economic growth that is [...]
In a word: ugly. Wimpy from the Popeye cartoon was fond of promising to pay someone Tuesday for a hamburger today. ObamaCare is the inverse of that — the federal government will gladly force us to pay today for an alleged benefit years from now. Even if you support this nightmare of ObamaCare socialized medicine, [...]