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From Defense to Offense Using Medicare Jiu Jitzu

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The Conventional Wisdom Regarding The Selection Of Paul Ryan The selection of Paul Ryan was initially viewed by pundits as a highly risky one for the Romney campaign. So-called conventional wisdom, such that it is among the media elites, believes that Ryan’s stand on entitlements will drag down the Romney campaign. When “conventional” precedes “wisdom” [...]

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Response From Medical Community Confirms Disincentives

A reader responds to The Noose Tightens on Your Healthcare: How timely. I am a physician, and I just received this e-mail from a 37 year old cardiologist friend of mine, one of the most caring and intelligent people I have ever met. Note the last sentence because people don’t realize how many MD’s are [...]

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The Noose Tightens on Your Healthcare

Seven years ago my wife and I re-located to the Asheville, NC area. I was 63 and in search of the services required in a new area. Among these needs was a medical doctor. I located a family practice nearby, looked at the backgrounds of the doctors, chose one and called to set up an appointment. [...]

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A Wimpy Budget

From DirectorBlue comes this analysis of Obama and the current budget: J. Wellington Wimpy — better known simply as “Wimpy” — was Popeye’s recurring sidekick in the long-running cartoon series. And Wimpy had a motto that could just as well be President Obama’s: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today” As Cato explains, Obama’s budgets [...]

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All Economic Goods are “Rationed”

The nonsense of government and the notion that it can manage medical costs is discussed below by ThinkMarkets. Every society, no matter how rich, must deal with scarcity. It has always been so and always will be. If a good is in virtual unlimited supply, it is not an economic good in the sense that [...]

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