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| 2003/11/25-26 [Health, Politics/Domestic/SocialSecurity] UID:11227 Activity:moderate |
11/25 Cato Institute:
"Cato's director of health and welfare studies said, "Today's
passage of the Medicare prescription drug bill represents a return
to 1960's Great Society-style big government. Congress has failed in
its responsibility to reform Medicare, choosing instead to simply
throw money at the problem. It is our children and grandchildren who
will bear the cost of this massive new entitlement program."
http://www.cato.org/pressroom/index.html#medicare
\_ More importantly, they chose to throw money at the money-grubbing
HMOs, which lobbied very hard for this one.
\_ It's also a big chunk-o-welfare to drug companies, as the
government will be paying the full asking price for drugs.
Not only will more people be taking patented drugs, but those
who move from HMO coverage will bring more money to BigPharm, as
the HMOs can negotiate prices, but the gov't cannot.
\_ I told you before: republican bill bad, democrat bill good.
\_ Yes, you told us before, but you're just an obvious troll and
you're not saying anything of substance.
\_ It's not a troll if it's true. And who on is here saying
anything of substance? The typical response is, "you're
wrong and I hate you because you don't believe what I do
and I won't respond further because I don't like your
sources because I don't like their editors". You're so
damned self blind and clueless. |
| 5/17 |
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| www.cato.org/pressroom/index.html#medicare -> www.cato.org/pressroom/index.html Tax Day The United States tax code is extremely complex and arbitrary and often leads to numerous unintentional errors by individual filers and the IRS itself. Chris Edwards, Catos director of fiscal policy, is available to comment on the inequity, instability, and threat to basic civil liberties posed by the current tax system. Tax laws frequently violate Americans constitutional rights to privacy, due process, redress, and trial by jury, he says. Its way past time to fix that, says Edwards, and a flat tax or consumption tax is the way to go. Battles between United States Marines and Iraqi insurgents continue in Iraq, as anti-American violence intensifies. Pea said in a statement : The immediate and predictable reaction is to ratchet up military operations and possibly pour more troops into the country. Salhani says the bill risks escalating United States relations with another Middle Eastern country, further harming efforts to facilitate anti-terror cooperation in the region. Outsourcing Myths, Debunked In a new Trade Briefing Paper, Catos Brink Lindsey looks at the current flap over outsourcing jobs overseas, and finds the scare arguments to be similar to those dusted off each time the economy takes a downturn. Lindsey finds that job losses are normal, productivity is up, the United States runs a net surplus in IT, and the drop in manufacturing jobs is unrelated to United States imports. Further, Lindsey writes, offshoring increases growth by making computers and technology more affordable, thereby boosting productivity in technology and information-based jobs. |