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(34 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 9, 2014 The new Fed Chair can end the debt ceiling debate in a blaze of glory - and go on to eliminate the national debt
The Federal Reserve can end the eternal debate on the debt ceiling forever - and go on to end the national debt altogether. Here is how Janet Yellen, the new Fed Chair,could make a historic announcement on TV, and start her term with a blaze of glory. Most people are unaware that the Fed has this power, but it does. Why don't they make use of it?
SHARE Friday, March 19, 2010 How can Paul Krugman be so wrong about heathcare?
When I read Paul Krugman's New York Times column last Friday, my jaw dropped. He said: "Which brings me to the third myth: that health reform is fiscally irresponsible." He says it's OK because it would actually reduce the deficit.
And how does it reduce the deficit? By upping federal taxes, pushing more Medicaid costs off on to the states and by cutting federal funding for Medicare by $500 billion over 10 years.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Pity the Poor Chief Lobbyist for the Health Insurance Companies
Pity poor Karen Ignani, chief health insurance lobbyist, who must have her fingernails chewed down to the quick worrying about her big bonus.
Everything now hangs on Congress passing the "healthcare reform" bill she has worked so hard to get enacted.
SHARE Tuesday, September 15, 2009 What Obama Did Not Say
Obama delivered a magnificent defense of the indefensible in his healthcare speech. But he left some inportant things out. Here's what he didn't say.