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$900 Billion (That's Billion with a B) New Spending

Come now. Its a 'deficit neutral' 900 billion. All those who believes the bill will actually come in at $900 Billion AND be deficient neutral are planning on meeting down at the local pier. The meeting will be held in the phone booth. It was $1.1 ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  9 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

About those Republican Ideas for Health Care Reform

Both have some merit. According to the Wall Street Journal, in New Jersey, the annual cost of an individual plan for a 25-year-old male in 2006 was $5,880, ...Kentucky--where an annual plan for a 25-year-old male cost less than $1,000. Some of that ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  9 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Wall Street Journal,  Heartland Institute,  Tom Daschle

Plugging the Gap in Health Care Reform Costs

Over the weekend, the committee's chairman, Montana Democrat Max Baucus, distributed a draft of his health proposal that leaves out the public plan in order to win support from a small group of Republicans. Mr. Baucus's plan costs less than $900 ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  8 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Max Baucus,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

University of Washington Freshman provided "free" copy of ...

If you had to choose, of all the great works of literature, which book the University of Washington should provide at taxpayer expense to all entering freshman, would you choose: Did I have to ask? Yes. The University of Washington has chosen to take a ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  8 Sep 2009
Related Topics: University of Washington,  Barack Obama,  Ashlee Simpson,  Jay Leno,  FOX Broadcasting Company

Re: Daniel Hannan Sounds the Alarm on Government Run Health Care

Those who liked Kim's post earlier will love a podcast I heard last night on the Heritage Events Podcast feed. Daniel Hannon was invited to talk this week at the Heritage Foundation. He is an outstanding speaker on conservative values and the ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  8 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Daniel Hannan,  Heritage Foundation,  MoveOn.org,  Barack Obama,  Steven Spielberg

Rent Seeker Approves of Raising Their Competitor's Cost Structure

Wal-Mart backs employer health insurance mandate Wal-Mart recently said that 94 percent of its employees now have insurance, either through the company or a family member. That's part of the reason why I think you saw a lot of businesses supporting ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  30 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Wal-Mart,  Safeway Inc.,  Barack Obama,  SuperValu Inc.,  Home Depot, Inc.

Health Care Costs in McAllen, TX

McAllen has another distinction, too: it is one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country. Only Miami--which has much higher labor and living costs--spends more per person on health care. In 2006, Medicare spent fifteen thousand ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  16 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

The Lowliest Privates

And, you know, the more I interact with our servicemen and -women, from the top brass down to the , I'm just -- I'm grateful to them. How arrogant. How out of touch. Does he even know what the have done to keep us safe? Here are a few ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  29 Apr 2009

Recovery Shape: V, U, or L?

John B. Taylor, Ph.D. is the economist for whom the "Taylor Rule" is named. The Taylor Rule is the guideline that central banks, like the Federal Reserve, are encouraged to follow in order to prevent inflation and promote low unemployment. Dr. Taylor ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  28 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Federal Reserve,  Heritage Foundation,  Chrysler

Holy Crap in the State of Washington

Thirteen years after Washington state's environmental agency found a creek severely polluted, the contamination has been traced back to the agency's regional office. Holy Crap indeed. The State of Washington Department of Ecology, as pointed out by ...

From CHARLIE QUIDNUNC, Wizbang,  15 Apr 2009
Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  Marilyn Chambers,  Barack Obama,  Joe the Plumber

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