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Slap a Warning Label on the CBO Scoring
1 comment on Slap a Warning Label on the CBO ScoringBeware the government bearing numbers.
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The Fierce Urgency of “Demon Pass”
Megan McArdle (emphasis added): But there is one thing of which I am nearly perfectly certain: If we pass this thing, no American politician, left or right, is going to cut any of these programs,…
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House Offers Best Hope for Stopping Obamacare
While much of the discussion about health care has focused on the lack of 60 Democratic votes in the Senate, the House may pose an even bigger obstacle. For legislative process geeks, John Podhoretz explains…
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Lissenup, GOP: “Democrat” Is a Noun.
The Adjective is “Democratic”If you need a handy analogy to understand why references such as “Democrat leaders” or “the Democrat Party” are offensive, consider the difference between the phrases, “He’s a Jewish boy” and “He’s a Jew boy.”
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OK, Now I’m Less Bored With Health Care Summit
I couldn’t be bothered to watch the seven-plus-hour health care summit yesterday (given my new full-time job and all), but I still care about the subject. Count on the blogosphere and the punditocracy to plow…
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Health Care Summit? I’m Bored.
This morning I tried to force myself to pay attention to today’s steel-cage Kabuki match at the White House.
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Brown Victory Should Spell an End to Obamacare
I guess we can’t call it the People’s Republic of Massachusetts any more. At 52% to 47%, it wasn’t even particularly close. Democrats in the House are stumbling over each other as they back away…
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Health Care Debate Involves First Principles: Capitalism vs. Command Economy
The battle cry of the left is that “health care should be a right, not a privilege.” This is brilliant framing — it sneakily implies that the right believes health care should be a privilege.…
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A Disgraceful Vote for “Reform” in the Middle of the Night
The final vote is now scheduled for 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve, when the Web Goddess and I will be dining with friends at their home and preparing for church. As with Porkulus, the Democrats…
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Hope (and Ammunition) for Opponents of Socialized Medicine
Thankfully, the public “option” appears to be dead. But just in case it attempts to lurch zombie-like from the grave, I’m glad to see an increasing number of resources available making well-articulated arguments against the…