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Your Christmas Present: A Health Care Plan That Cripples the Economy
December 21, 2009 – 9:04 am
Let’s go down the Christmas list and handicap the damage to the economy of the anticipated passage of the blended, mashed up health care legislation. First, health care will rise from one-sixth of the economy to nearly one-quarter, and possibly more. The government today controls about half of this activity, and soon they’ll control all of it. The fundamental things you lose are flexibility and capital efficiency.
Joe Lieberman Always Gets His Way
December 15, 2009 – 8:34 am
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past few years, it’s that we should never doubt the abilities of Joe Lieberman to get what he wants, and the willingness of Harry Reid to cave in the clutch. We’ll discuss where health care goes from here, the latest on the markets, and a disturbing trend in food prices on today’s edition of Coffee and Markets.
No Fundraiser For Harry Reid
December 11, 2009 – 8:27 am
Although it was earlier reported that Reid would forgo a weekend Senate session in order to attend a fundraiser for his upcoming 2010 campaign in Nevada, it appears that the fundraiser is actually being called off.
What Is More Important Than Health Care Reform?
December 10, 2009 – 11:16 am
Harry Reid’s fundraiser.
Harry Reid Needs A History Lesson
December 9, 2009 – 7:01 am
While the Senate Majority Leader continues to suggest that Republicans who disagree with him and Democrats on the issue of health care reform are like slavery proponents, and Senators who tried to obstruct the civil rights bills of the 1960s, the fact of the matter is that if he wants to cast his eye at those who sought to halt progress on race relations, he should look within his own party:
Health Care Update: Prospects in the Senate
December 8, 2009 – 11:02 am
As the Senate considers a health care bill that amounts to the largest entitlement expansion in American history, we sit down today with health care and budget policy expert James Capretta to discuss the prospects in the Senate and the wide-ranging economic ramifications of the current legislation.
Why Harry Reid Should No Longer Be In The Senate
December 8, 2009 – 10:36 am
When one compares people who have an honest difference with oneself over the nature of health care reform to slavery proponents, one cannot be taken seriously as a political or intellectual leader of any depth whatsoever.
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