The Care’s Lousy, but at Least It’s Expensive

The toughest Family Feud question ever would be “Name a government program that reduces costs,” especially given the rather non-politically invested families that seem to appear as contestants.  Survey says that, for Washington, going broke is when the real squandering starts.  Worst of all, they blame you: your leaders think you can’t spend or save [...]

Charlie Rangel: The Buck Stops Elsewhere

By: Laura Adelmann
Charlie Rangel, arguably the House’s most ethically challenged member, has added to his running tally of oversights. Although investigations of Rangel’s actions are now almost routine, nothing seems to stick. Will Charlie Rangel finally be forced to resign from his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means committee?
Ethically challenged seems like [...]

Why Take a Bite When You Can Try to Swallow the Whole Cake?

If they had played it cool, President Obama and his congressional teammates might be celebrating Democraticare’s passage with a ceremonial ice cream social right now.  But we’re lucky they’ve become insufferably extreme to the point that they think a self-immolating process like reconciliation sounds wise.  Call Nancy Pelosi and beg her to go for it: she’ll [...]

Obama Inspires Us to Ensure He Won’t Win Again

The one good result of the 2008 election is how people are already paying more attention to future elections.  It was easy for casual political followers to get swept with the tide during the last presidential race and applaud while grinning about hope blah change blah.  But numerous people are now choosing to wear defiant [...]

Turns Out Brown Can Do Plenty for You

Once again, conservatives are confusing everyone.  The intolerant hillbillies who passed around moonshine jugs at Tea Parties/militia meet-and-greets are supposed to reject any candidate who doesn’t make Sean Hannity look like Bob Beckel.  But right-wing zealots apparently keep forgetting to intolerantly shove out those who don’t universally conform to their intolerant views.  Instead, they just [...]

Evil Health Insurers Help Us While Making a Living

The dullest scoundrel in human history is still a scoundrel.  Harry Reid wouldn’t exactly serve as a worthwhile James Bond foil.  Still, he worked as hard as a sluggish bore could to ruin Christmas for all by stuffing through a health care bill hated by conservatives, libertarians, and leftists.  Worst, he’s still limply directing the [...]

Not Buying What They’re Forcibly Selling

Laws should be enacted using the Hippocratic Oath as a guide: those who do no harm should be legally in the clear.  But Congress is sadly attempting the inverse.  We currently face a loss of autonomy when it comes to, cruelly, medical decisions.  Making it mandatory to buy something is fundamentally antithetical to our belief [...]

Reforming the Definition of “Reform”

Thinking about quasi-socialized medicine is naturally depressing: even graphs pertaining to the government’s attempt at commandeering the health system look sad.  The frowny-shaped negative projections made for every permutation of Democraticare sum up general feelings regarding the Cuban emulation of health delivery.  The charts would make Nancy Pelosi pout if she were capable of such [...]

Free Health Care is a Rip-Off

If dealing with Satan has taught me anything, it’s to beware when someone offers you something for “free.”  For example, I’m growing suspicious that the jewel-encrusted kegerator he provided for me might actually be saddled with a prohibitive long-term cost.  Might I have actually consented to some sort of eventual disagreeable payment?
As for a similar entity [...]

For AMA, Partial Support Doesn’t Mean a Whole Endorsement

There’s a difference between liking aspects of something and endorsing its entirety.  Consider a restaurant with a convenient location and ample parking that serves crummy food, or a conservative who had to force herself to vote for John McCain, and you get the drift.  That sums up the American Medical Association’s relationship with H.R. 3962, [...]

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