The Ghost of America’s Health Care Future Lives in Canada Today
Imagine a world in which you’re forbidden to spend your own money to obtain medical care. Imagine that, regardless of your personal needs, you’re forced to rely on the government for health care, no matter how long it takes or how substandard it may be. A...How the Greenspan Stole Christmas
A cloud is hanging over this year’s Christmas season: the cloud of recession. You can see it in weak Christmas shopping sales and the desperate deals being offered by car makers. You can see it in the words of a shopper interviewed on television, who explained...Who are the “Wealthiest One Percent of Taxpayers”?
So who are these cads, this “wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers,” anyway? We heard a lot about this select group of villains in the presidential debates. Indeed, certain politicians almost seem to hold their noses, their voices dripping with disdain, as...Santa Claus: The Anti-Christ
Santa Claus is also a symbol of good will, and thus is the appropriate holiday symbol of America, a country that, because of its material prosperity, can inspire good will in all of its citizens.”
The Counter-Money Laundering Act is an Attack on Privacy and Liberty to Help Prop Up Welfare State Regimes
Congress has renewed its efforts to combat international money laundering this past August. In the House of Representatives, Representative Jim Leach (R-IA) has introduced H.R. 3886, the International Counter-Money Laundering Act, which has moved swiftly through the...The Medicare Bureaucracy is a Frankenstein Monster That is Destroying American Medicine
The complex system for Medicare reimbursement for physicians is based on over 7,000 medical treatment codes. You know we’re in big trouble in medicine today when there’s a code not only for flatulence, but one for the guy standing downwind as...“Protectionism” vs. Human Rights
Is the protection of domestic jobs more important than the protection of individual rights?