Category Archives: Economics
Half Of All States
…are now suing to stop ObamaCare.
Good. We have to fight this legislative atrocity on every front.
[Afternoon update]
Kansas (home state of the current HHS Secretary) has joined the suit. That’s over half, now.
[Bumped]
Deferred Gratification
What’s the present value of a future marshmallow? Even five minutes into the future?
It’s made all the harder of course, not just by the fact that kids have lower impulse control, but by the fact that a minute lasts forever when you’re a kid.
I also think that this is a parable for our current economic straits.
Do The Pro-ObamaCare Lawyers…?
…see any limits to government power? Nope. Like Elena Kagan, they’re totalitarians. But with smiley faces. Because, you know, it’s for our own good.
Reining In The EPA
Will the Senate do it?
I think there’s a good chance. There are a lot of Democrats up for reelection next year who aren’t going to be willing to fight it. The question is whether or not the president will be willing to risk a veto. Especially if it may get overridden.
Welcome To The Machine
I had been meaning to link to this entertaining and enlightening article on our fearless leaders, by Kevin Williamson, but had gotten busy, and one of my commenters beat me to it. Anyway, here it is, temporarily at the top of the page.
Dump The Current Tax Code
…and start over. I agree.
It’s Probably Worse
Mitch Daniels says that living next door to Illinois is like living next door to the Simpsons.
The Simon-Ehrlich Wager
2011 edition. Pretty amusing. Malthusians never learn.
Sanity In Sacramento?
A bi-partisan bill to cap state employee pensions? Let’s hope.