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Free Market Profit Driven Environmentalism

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The government spends a lot of our money trying to reduce pollution. The Solyndra debacle was just one high profile example that illustrated why the government shouldn’t be in the green business. So if the government can’t clean the environment ...
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Single-Payer Causes Waiting Lists For Health Care

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Over at the AARP, Dr. Aaron Carroll penned a missive purportedly debunking myths about about Canada’s health care system. One such myth is “Canada has long wait times because it has a single-payer system.” According to Carroll: The wait times that ...
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Project 21 Leader Hails Voter ID Victory in Wisconsin

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Wisconsin’s voter ID law, which requires prospective voters to show valid photo identification before receiving a ballot, was found to be constitutional by the state’s 4th District Court of Appeals. Originally passed in 2011, enforcement of Wisconsin’s ballot safety measure has ...
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The Single-Payer ‘Dance Of Nations’

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When dealing with single-payer advocates, one has to be ready to deal with their tendency to promote whichever is the newest and, hence, least studied nation to adopt a single-payer health care system.  People are usually unaware that single-payer advocates have ...
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Yes, People Do Go Bankrupt From Medical Bills In Single-Payer Systems

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Every time the link between medical costs and personal bankruptcy in the U.S. is discussed, the mythmakers are quick to assert that medical bankruptcy does not exist in single-payer health care systems.  For example, Russell DeMott, a Charleston bankruptcy lawyer, ...
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Kennedy Center Finally Gets Serious About Who’s Funny

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After years of not getting the joke, the Kennedy Center seems to be back in the funny business. The federally-mandated center for the performing arts on the Potomac River just announced that pioneering comedienne Carol Burnett will be the recipient ...
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Huffington Post: Ignore the Environmental Activists

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Sometimes, you have to take the battle to their turf. In a piece for the Huffington Post today, I make the case that while green groups seek to ban newer and better pesticides because they allegedly harm bees, the groups ...
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Health Care Odds & Ends: Single-Payer Edition

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If ObamaCare proves to be a complicated mess, you can bet that many on the left will be pushing for a single-payer health care system to replace it. Thus, this Odds & Ends is dedicated to the, ahem, wonders of ...
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Nice Try Democrats, But Oregonians Will Experience ‘Rate Shock’

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Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee have released a report refuting “rate shock,” the claim that the costs of premiums on the exchange will be much higher than they currently are in the individual market. The poster-boy of the ...
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Project 21’s Green on Chicago School Closures: Won’t Someone Think of the Children?

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In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel just moved to close 49 government-run schools.  This will lead to thousands of city kids – mostly poor and minority students – being forced to relocate to new classrooms as early as this fall. The ...
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