Virginia General Assembly votes to ban health-insurance mandate
Although opponents say that requiring health insurance would be similar to requiring a driver to have auto insurance, and that federal legislation would preempt a state law, the Virginia General Assembly isn’t buying the argument:
The Virginia General Assembly has given final approval to a bill that would make it illegal for the government to require [...]
Thinking About the Eminently Thinkable
Paul Mirengoff at Power Line has been posting a blogseries on the possibility that Scott Brown might beat Martha “Chokely” Coakley in the special election to fill the Senate seat abruptly vacated by Ted Kennedy; Paul’s titles series “Thinking About the Unthinkable;” but to me, the possibility is very, very thinkable, hence my own variation. [...]
Americans are still waiting for strong leadership
Barack Obama’s election as president was not a mandate from the public for wholesale swings to more liberal policies.
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Never Retreat, Never Surrender
Majority Leader Harry “Pinky” Reid (D-Caesar’s Palace, 70%) finally snared Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE, 75%), getting the 60 votes needed to close debate on ObamaCare and (obviously) pass it. We haven’t lost entirely yet, though it’s now very likely that this dreadful government seizure will become law. Still, there are a few hurdles [...]
On the PERAB Tax Task Force
The President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board released the following statement today:
Statement from PERAB Chairman Paul Volcker on Tax Task Force
The tax subcommittee of the PERAB was scheduled to release its report on December 4th. But we have received more than 500 submissions of serious tax reform ideas from the public both in person and on [...]
ObamaCare in a Nuthouse
Since I hope that a few more people think about this point than read my Twitter feed (I have seventeen follows*, ooh-rah!), here’s my latest tweet:
ObamaCare: Mandates every health plan cover everything — then taxes the hell out of all those “gold-plated” policies. Kill it at cloture.
I live in California, so this will be [...]
