H/T to John Cole for finding this. I can testify to the Japanese system-I’ve been treated by it myself and I went with the S.O. to her doctor’s appointments. Of course the piece he doesn’t tell is the challenge of being a Gaijin who doesn’t speak Japanese-and not being in a major city like Tokyo.… Continue reading 5 myths about health care.
Category: Greedy Bastards
Worth repeating……
Why do I have to hear the truth via an Australian ? A closely related rhetorical device — the idea that Americans or American values are “unique” — also deserves attention. For example, Emanuel describes individualism and equality of opportunity as “uniquely American.”1 Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, asserts that… Continue reading Worth repeating……
Maybe I will reconsider
I was thinking about buying a Kindle. Now I think I will wait a while. People who bought Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm for their Kindle were surprised to discover that it had disappeared from their devices overnight. It turns out the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic version, and Amazon caved into… Continue reading Maybe I will reconsider
Mythbusters
Once, just once-I’d like to tear down some really stupid myths about taxes. The one big one I’d like to put to bed once and for all is the line you hear repeated over and over by people who should know better, that 48% of Americans do not pay taxes. It is just not true.… Continue reading Mythbusters
Tell this to your tea party friends…..
I’m going to go on a series of posts disproving some of the wildest distortions that have been beamed into the minds of those who believe that they have some kind of a novel new notion, about government and taxation. The Tea Parties may have started as a grass roots phenomenon, but it would never… Continue reading Tell this to your tea party friends…..
Amen brother!
From John Cole-who is, like me, a reformed conservative: I don’t get it. The Republicans and some in the media are calling this the Obama recession and the Obama bear market and the Obama economy, but this says it will be the longest recession on record. Yet Obama has only been President for a few… Continue reading Amen brother!
Stimulate this!
I have been watching the conversation on the stimulus package with interest. As the debate has gone on a graphic depiction of the problem is etched in my mind. It is an analysis of the income disparity within the US: Yes the bottom of the graph is wrong, it should be below 100K-but the bottom… Continue reading Stimulate this!