Archive for the ‘Obama’ Category

A Speech in Review

Posted by Eric B. on September 10th, 2009 under Government Spending, Healthcare, Media, Obama Tags: , ,  •  3 Comments

The guy can give a speech.  I’ll give that to him.  But, as President Obama said last night, “there remain some significant details to be ironed out.”  Here is what I left with:
1. There was a strong emphasis on telling everyone that nothing will change and everything will change.
President Obama emphasized that he [...]

Obama’s Prevention Savings Myth

Posted by Taylor on August 28th, 2009 under Economics, Healthcare, Obama Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

One of Obama’s biggest arguments for why Obamacare will save money is that increased preventive care will reduce the incidence of disease and thus reduce costs.  This is simply not true.
Preventive care is still medical care and Obama’s preventive care is all about tests and screenings and regular doctor visits.  Those tests and such cost [...]

Health Care: As Good As the Post Office

Posted by Eric B. on August 13th, 2009 under Economics, Healthcare, Obama Tags: , ,  •  1 Comment

President Obama has been sincere in addressing criticisms of his health care overhaul. At a recent townhall meeting, it was noted that he asked for tougher questions because he was being thrown “softies.”
One of the biggest concerns at this meeting was whether a private company could compete with a public government-sponsored option. [...]

Worse than Doing Nothing

Posted by Taylor on August 5th, 2009 under Democrat, Economics, Healthcare, Obama Tags: , ,  •  2 Comments

“Implementing Mr. Obama’s reforms would literally be worse than doing nothing.” Arthur Laffer
I couldn’t explain it any better myself.  Check out the whole op-ed in the wsj here.

LA Obama Joker

Posted by Mark on August 4th, 2009 under Obama Tags:  •  1 Comment

Someone posted this on a wall in LA this week.

Cash For Clunkers

Posted by Jason on August 4th, 2009 under Democrat, Energy, Environment, Government Spending, Obama, Taxes, budget Tags: , , , , , ,  •  6 Comments

Probably the most annoying thing to hear about lately, even more than twitter, is cash for clunkers.  It’s all over the news, CBNC, radio, etc.  I was out car shopping this past weekend and everywhere I called and went the first thing I was asked was if I was going to turn in a clunker. 
This [...]

The Government is Here to Stay

Posted by Eric B. on July 30th, 2009 under Government Spending, Obama, Small Government, budget Tags: , , , ,  •  1 Comment

I am not a Reagan-ite. He was a great and inspiring President, but unlike certain friends of mine, I do not have a framed picture of him hanging above my fireplace.   Despite vivid memories of him crushing Michael Dukakis in the election, when every Republican candidate attempted to project “Reagan-ness” at me during the [...]

Save the Budget by Legalizing Marijuana

Posted by Jason on July 28th, 2009 under California's Troubles, Economics, Healthcare, Law enforcement, Obama, Taxes, budget Tags: , , , , ,  •  2 Comments

Do a google search and type in the following letters - legali.  I find this topic so fascinating.  Isn’t it interesting that this movement would gain strength during a time of massive government deficits?  The most likely time to get people to overlook their moral compass is when they are imprisoned by debt.  I also think [...]

Scoring the CBO

Posted by Taylor on July 27th, 2009 under Economics, Healthcare, Obama Tags: , ,  •  1 Comment

With all the attention being given to the Congressional Budget Office’s projections and such regarding the health bills, the Cato Institute decided to see how their past projections have compared to reality.
“When Medicare was launched in 1965, Part A was projected to cost $9 billion by 1990, but ended up costing $67 billion. When Medicaid’s [...]

The Sky is not Falling! It’s Cooling!

Posted by Taylor on July 1st, 2009 under Democrat, Energy, Environment, Obama Tags: , , , ,  •  No Comments

A team of prominent atmospheric scientists sent this Open Letter to Congress today .
OPEN LETTER TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: YOU ARE BEING DECEIVED ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
You have recently received an Open Letter from the Woods Hole Research Center, exhorting you to act quickly to avoid global disaster. The letter purports to be from [...]