US Private Industry - that’s a bad thing, unless of course it involves Muslim entrepreneurship
You can’t make this stuff up. In the same week Barack Obama continued his all-out assault on the American private sector in his Weekly Address by attacking the evil insurance industry once again - he called for a Muslim summit on entrepreneurship.
Why am I not surprised!
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Goodbye Public Option?
The Associated Press reports that Democratic Senators, who have been negotiating behind closed doors, have come up with a compromise health care bill that does not include a public option:
In place of a government-run plan, originally designed as a way of forcing competition on private industry, officials said the Democrats had tentatively settled on a [...]
The Big News from the Retail Sales Report
The big news from the retail sales report was that sales rose again and even more than expected–1.4%, which was a full half point more than the consensus forecast.
The core retail spending–the stuff that tends to give a steadier picture and not fluctuate around a lot–rose for the third straight month. And if you compared [...]
The Private Option: Consistency Is Sauce for the Gander
Several pundits (I can no longer write “pundants,” with Mr. Bush being gone from the scene) have quipped that if the Democrats are so anxious for a public (government) option in health-insurance reform, arguing that allowing the government to “compete” with private industry reduces cost without damaging quality, then why do they reject a “private [...]
Co-Opting the Government "Option"
It’s a signal victory, though more symbolic than substantive: President Barack H. Obama has reportedly backed down from his government “option” plan for ObamaCare. But what is already being flogged in its place, health-insurance “cooperatives,” may end up nearly as bad.
The key question is whether they will be subsidized by the government (federal, [...]
