by Dan Mitchell | Jun 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Laffer Curve
My good friend Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University did a very illuminating interview with Bloomberg about the serial inaccuracy of government fiscal forecasts. Veronique uses health care as an example, giving particular attention to the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
Michael Barone of the American Enterprise Institute goes to town on the selective, discriminatory, and politically motivated dispensation of Obamacare waivers. I particularly like how he zings the left by asking why, if Obamacare is so wonderful, so many millions of...
by Dan Mitchell | May 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
Republicans have finally woken up and are beginning to explain why Medicare needs to be reformed. Here’s a very good new video from Congressman Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee. He hits on key points regarding market competition versus government...
by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
I’m a glass-half-full guy, so I’m always looking for the silver lining to any dark cloud. For example, the unfortunate people of the United Kingdom are saddled with a government-run healthcare system that is deficient in some important categories yet still costs a lot...
by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
This new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity discusses a proposal to solve Medicare’s bankrupt finances by replacing an unsustainable entitlement with a “premium-support” system for private insurance, also known as vouchers. This topic is very hot right...
