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Health Care Karma
AARP’s support was instrumental in getting Obamacare passed. Now they’re raising the price of insurance for their employees because of the massive tax on so-called “Cadillac” plans that it included…. Read more
New Boss is Same as the Old Boss
One of the points made most frequently on this blog is that Obama’s big spending policies are essentially just an extension and elaboration on those from the Bush years. That… Read more
More Hypocrisy: Congressional Exemption from Insider Trading Laws
The hypocrisy of Washington elites is nothing new, as we’ve covered here and here, just to give two recent examples. Yet another example of hypocrisy is that of insider trading,… Read more
Free Labor For Me, But Not For Thee
Government bureaucrats think it is their business to prevent individuals from entering voluntary contracts with companies or organizations if the level of compensation does not meet some arbitrary threshold. Congress… Read more
Government Insurance Meddling Costs Kids Coverage
Consider this a prelude to Obamacare: Tens of thousands of Texas children will be directly affected by the 11th-hour decision of a number of major health insurance companies to stop… Read more
Bureaucrats are Always Concocting New Schemes to Fleece Residents
This news report demonstrates the lengths to which bureaucrats will go to pick your pocket. It doesn’t matter if your taxes have already ostensibly paid for government services, many local… Read more
Castro Walks It Back
It seems that reports of Castro’s conversion were premature. While American politicians are learning from Castro how to tank an economy with reckless government intervention (not that there’s any other… Read more
Smoke for the Motherland
Excise taxes, where government taxes the sale of particular goods, are usually levied with the excuse that consumption of a good or engagement in a certain activity is harmful for… Read more
Alabama Redistributing from the Poor to the Rich
Advocates of big government think it is appropriate for the state to redistribute wealth out of a sense of fairness. They usually claim to want some form of taking from… Read more
GM Investors Beware
General Motors, having been bailed out by the government, is preparing for its massive initial public offering, which could be the biggest in U.S. history. Some will no doubt look… Read more
