Nancy Pelosi: dumb
From the Telegraph: Republican leaders in Congress called for a reworking of the bill, which would provide near universal coverage and aimed to bring down long-term costs. But Nancy Pelosi, the...
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Happy birthday
… to me. This blog is one year old today. Via the Croydonian, this. As bold plans go, this one is tres bold. Now obviously, districts within US states are redrawn after census so that each district...
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For those who attribute basically good and selfless motives to government, consider this logic: This sort of argumentation reflects a general double standard of morality that is always applied to State...
View ArticleNef proposes 21-hour work week
Nef is not calling for sudden or imposed change, but for a slow shift across the course of a decade or more. Wage increments can gradually be exchanged for shorter hours. There will be time to adjust...
View ArticleGreece and California
Stephen Hill at CiF posits some kind of equivalency between Greece’s budget catastrophe, and the ensuing debate about whether the solvent EU countries should bail it out, and California’s budget...
View ArticleA thought re: British democracy
For some reason I have this corny idea that for a political party in Britain to stand a parliamentary candidate in a parliamentary constituency, that party has to pay £500 to… somebody. And he must win...
View ArticleFederal Debt: Frequently Asked Questions
Guest post by Evander Diarmand The federal government of the United States is, through a practice of perpetual borrowing, on the verge of financial collapse. This is widely decried in media and among...
View ArticleRules of engagement
Guest post by Trixy We’re still fighting in Libya, still racking up the costs, still insisting we’re doing it to protect civilians and not for regime change. No, definitely not regime change, because...
View ArticleThe budget that never was
Alistair Darling, Back from the Brink: 1,000 Days at Number 11, p. 269: If I could increase gradually the rate of VAT to 19 or even 20 per cent, I could scrap the National Insurance increase. I could...
View ArticleWhy the NHS is not fit for purpose
In the NHS, there two main activities. One is helping sick people. The other is measuring, improving, correcting, extending, and promoting how well sick people are helped. Much energy is expended on...
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