Will
The Supreme Court End Union Organizing By Extortion? - On Wednesday, the United States Supreme
Court heard a case that has the potential to devastate the what’s left of the
private-sector union movement. The case tangentially involves something that,
to many laypersons, often looks like a form of extortion (or bribery) but is
currently legal under U.S. labor law, wherein a union uses economic, political
and media pressure (also known as Corporate Campaigns) to coerce an employer
into agreeing to something called a neutrality agreement. . . . please click here
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NYT:
Oaths are but words, and words but wind - In an
article this week, the New York Times refers to President Obama’s often repeated
claim that you will be able to keep your health care plan, period as an
incorrect promise. From
the article . . . please click here
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America’s
Strange Love for Corn Ethanol - In 2007, before our domestic shale boom put a big dent in America’s
reliance on foreign oil, the Bush Administration made a massive commitment to
biofuels. The Renewable Fuels Standard mandated an ever-increasing consumption
of ethanol as a motor fuel through 2022. Candidate Obama, then junior senator from
the nation’s #2 corn-producing state, wooed Iowa’s Democratic primary voters
with promises of his commitment to their state’s #1 crop. His surprising caucus
victory helped make him his party’s nominee. Once in office, President Obama
has surrounded himself with policy advisers with deep Corn Belt roots. Corn
ethanol assumed its role as a centerpiece of their green energy, anti-Global
Warming agenda. . . . please click here
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If
This Lunch Isn’t Free, I’m Writing My Congressman - I find it amazing that anyone could survive
in this country to the age of 55 with this level of shortsightedness and
self-absorption. Allow me to clue Margaret Davis and so many other feebleminded
folks into reality - companies, including insurance companies, exist to make
money. If they do not make money, they cannot continue to exist, because their
creditors and shareholders will liquidate them. The principal way they make
money is by pooling risk, which they do through very sophisticated analysis. If
they refuse to take premiums from a potential customer at any cost, it is
because that sophisticated analysis has revealed that literally no premium
would be adequate to cover for the potential risk posed by that potential
customer, not because the company has some irrational prejudice against cancer
patients/morbidly obese people/whatever. . . . please click here
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Obamacare:
One Month In - The
healthcare exchanges have been up for a month now. The reports of glitches,
account creation failures, and revelations of serious design flaws have been
all over social media and the mainstream news. Many who were actually able to
browse the plans available on the exchange found high premiums, high
deductibles, and limited to no out-of-network coverage. In addition to the
technical challenges and a general lack of affordable options, tax subsidies,
meant to decrease costs for those who need assistance, weren’t available online
in Colorado for the first month. . . . please click here
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