Yesterday the health care exchanges were opened for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with various reviews, but acknowledged “glitches” that left many unable to sign up. MSNBC anchor tried and failed after 30+ minutes, including time on the phone that never got her into the system: Republicans naturally trumpeted this as another indicator that this […]
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Day One of Obamacare…what to make?
02 Oct 2013
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The Day After in DC: Random Thoughts
02 Oct 2013
The old saying is “Another day, another dollar” and it certainly applies to the Federal workforce here in DC, only without any official work (some would say, there is no difference between now and before). I have gained some interesting insights (maybe just observations–I need to be modest here) about the Federal government, including Congress, […]
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Quote for the Day! Another Mises’ gem
01 Oct 2013
We will occasionally (but not daily) have a quote for the day. So as an inaugural quote, I offer up this gem from 2nd edition of Ludwig Von Mises’ classic work, Socialism on page 9: “It is true that Socialism is today an article of faith for many, perhaps for most of its adherents. But […]
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Quinnipiac University’s most recent polling results suggest Republicans will struggle to convince the American people the government shutdown is a good idea. Key findings include: Americans oppose, 72-22%, the government shutdown in order to de-fund or delay Obamacare Republican voters support the shutdown narrowly (49-44%), while Democrats (90-6%) and Independents (74-19%) oppose it overwhelmingly In a […]