War on Profits.

A company is able to provide goods and services to you only if it makes more money by selling those things to you than it costs him to produce those things. Otherwise, why bother, right? If it costs $100 to make a candy bar, but nobody is willing to pay Hershey more than $2 for [...]

Say it ain’t Snowe.

If one lone Republican supporting your socialist bill indicates “bipartisan” support, then Max Baucus and the Democrats got that yesterday as the first hurdle to a government takeover of our insurance industry was cleared. Here’s Liberal in Republican clothing Olympia Snowe ruminating on whether a “public option” might be the thing to fix “what’s wrong” [...]

Bumper sticker.

The following is part of a longer piece published by Doug O’Brien over  at biggovernment.com (the site on which all those delicious ACORN videos originated) that unfortunately is too long for a bumper sticker, but which nonetheless captures the spirit driving a majority of Americans in opposition to Obamacare these days: Every day, the administration’s [...]

Keep your eye on the ball.

Ever get the feeling that Democrats can’t possibly be this stupid? To increase deficits to unmanageable levels on purpose under the guise of ‘fixing’ the economy? To cram health care ‘reform’ legislation through congress without even bothering to understand what it means let alone whether it will actually reform anything or make things infinitely worse? [...]

UPDATE

I called it a “misdirection” in my earlier post. Thomas Sowell calls it a “bait and switch”: It’s called “bait and switch” when an unscrupulous business advertises one thing and tries to sell you something else. When politicians do it, it is far more dangerous to far more people. Deception is not an incidental aspect [...]

Death panels? What death panels?

Here’s Obama in April in an interview with David Leonhardt of the New York Times: [W]hen Peter Orszag and I talk about the importance of using comparative-effectiveness studies as a way of reining in costs, that’s not an attempt to micromanage the doctor-patient relationship. It is an attempt to say to patients, you know what, [...]

Life expectancy.

Ask any liberal why we should embark on a UK/Canada style of nationalized health care (go ahead, I’ll wait, I’m sure you won’t have to look too long), and I’ll bet you a thousand dollars they’ll shoot back that the life expectancy in those 2 countries is greater than ours. They probably won’t say anything [...]

Because they’ve been so trustworthy before.

The socialists are promising that THIS time it will be different. Forget about that whole Medicare thing where we promised to take care of a small SLIVER of our population (the elderly). Forget that we utterly failed. Focus instead how THIS TIME it will be different and that we’re more effectively manage the health of [...]

You talkin’ to me?

When the socialists get up on the podiums in their townhall meetings and advocate a single payer health care system that will put private insurance companies out of business, who exactly is their audience? Are they talking to you? Consider the latest poll from Rasmussen: Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health [...]

An ounce of prevention?

The socialists are telling you that by expanding coverage and paying for millions to have preventive care now, we’ll actually be saving lots of money in the long run since many costly subsequent procedures to deal with diseases will be avoided.  No costly chemo treatments, so the story goes, if early doctor visits reveal a [...]

Obamacare–trojan horse for single payer.

I don’t remember if I ever posted or linked to the following video, but even if I did, it doesn’t hurt to do so again. Please watch this so that the next time you hear the socialists talking about preserving choices, you’ll understand that it’s all a ruse. Remember that nothing competes with the federal [...]

We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Imagine you’re on a boat, ankle-deep in water. In the center of the boat is a large hole. Someone tells you to fix the boat. What’s the problem? The hole is permitting water to get into the boat. Unless that hole is plugged, the boat will continue to take on water. Fix the hole and [...]

The end.

I can almost hear Morrison in the background. It’s late, and I want to go watch Jon and Kate on the Tivo, but before you go to bed tonight (or as soon as you get a chance tomorrow) please click through to this link for an excellent analysis of what awaits us when Obama and [...]

Fascinating.

Please, everyone, even if you’re not that “into” politics, I beg you, do not think that there isn’t an agenda behind every word you read in your local paper or see on your local newscast. Witnesseth: The following headlines have appeared in newspapers within the last 24 hours. This is not an inclusive list. • [...]