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Ways Out Of ObamaCare

Ways Out Of ObamaCare

By on July 5, 2012 in healthcare with 0 Comments

Upset about ObamaCare? Simon Black explains how to avoid it: … if you’re looking to ditch ObamaCare, you can either become destitute, change your religion, rob a liquor store… or start living a new life full of freedom and opportunity overseas. He doesn’t consider these options equivalent, preferring the last one over the others.

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Why ObamaCare Will Kill Medicine, You and The US Economy

Why ObamaCare Will Kill Medicine, You and The US Economy

By on July 2, 2012 in economy, Favorites, healthcare with 1 Comment

Economics is about human behavior. Human behavior is determined by the incentives/disincentives perceived by the individual. In this sense, each individual is an “economic actor,” whether engaged in monetary transactions or not. Human beings react to choices afforded them in a manner that improves their condition (or pains them the least). To understand the likely [...]

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ObamaCare

By on July 2, 2012 in healthcare with 0 Comments

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Cato On SCOTUS Decision

Cato On SCOTUS Decision

By on June 30, 2012 in law with 0 Comments

The Cato Institute provides an initial reaction to the ObamaCare ruling by the Supreme Court.

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The Power To Tax Is The Power To Destroy

The Power To Tax Is The Power To Destroy

By on June 28, 2012 in History, law with 10 Comments

The bottom line of the SCOTUS decision on ObamaCare is that The Constitution has been effectively repealed. It is no longer controlling. The uniqueness of the US was taken away. The Rule of Law is gone. It has been replaced by The Rule of Men. Congress and the political class can, for all practical purposes, [...]

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An “Arms-Length” Decision

An “Arms-Length” Decision

By on April 4, 2012 in healthcare, law with 0 Comments

Merely another absurdity of Leviathan government: H/T to Stan Deyo

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The Importance of SCOTUS and the Obamacare Ruling

The Importance of SCOTUS and the Obamacare Ruling

By on March 23, 2012 in healthcare, Regulation with 0 Comments

Charles Krauthammer on the implications of the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare and the country: If the federal government can compel a private citizen, under threat of a federally imposed penalty, to engage in a private contract with a private entity (to buy health insurance), is there anything the federal government cannot compel the citizen [...]

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A Recap of ObamaCare

A Recap of ObamaCare

By on March 26, 2011 in healthcare with 0 Comments

Avik Roy has produced a superb summary of the first year of ObamaCare and projections for the second and subsequent years: Year One of the Obamacare Era A look back, and a look forward One year ago this week — March 23, 2010 — President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into [...]

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ObamaCare and Judge Vinson Showdown

ObamaCare and Judge Vinson Showdown

By on March 5, 2011 in healthcare, law, Media with 3 Comments

In a post a couple of days ago entitled ObamaCare — The Final Straw That Keeps on Giving I speculated on the possibility of impeachment for violation of the oath of office for any Congressperson voting to expend funds on what was declared an unconstitutional law. Subsequent to that post, the mainstream media reported that [...]

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ObamaCare – The Final Straw That Keeps on Giving

ObamaCare – The Final Straw That Keeps on Giving

By on March 2, 2011 in Favorites, healthcare, law with 2 Comments

During the process of passing ObamaCare, a reporter asked then Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi if the health care legislation was Constitutional. Dumbfounded by the question, she responded with her own question: “Are you serious?” The question she was asked appeared inane and stupid to the incredulous Ms. Pelosi. Apparently anything Congress does cannot [...]

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