The Truth Behind Insurance Company Profits
AP reporter Calvin Woodward argued yesterday that health insurers are not the bloated fat cats reformers make them out to be. Instead, he points out, they typically operate at a lean, mean “6 percent profit margin” — lower than most other industries.
What Do We Owe Each Other?
Two weeks ago, twenty-two year old Kimberly Young of Miami, Ohio got sick. Like millions of young Americans, she did not have insurance. A doctor’s visit was out of the question. Ten days later her roommate could see things weren’t right and drove her to the ER. It was too late. She died on Sept [...]
Fair Tax Fantasy
For over a hundred years our Federal government has taxed the money coming into our bank accounts. Lately there’s a growing minority of people who think it’d be clever to tax the money going out instead.
The Liberal Argument for Flat Taxes
Liberals understand that money trickles up, not down. They also understand that a healthy middle class is vital to a healthy economy, and in a completely free market the money will tend to pool at the top.
The Stimulus, The Bailouts, and Trickle Up Economics
Can Obama fix this economy? Is there any field, other then economics, where the so-called “experts” disagree so profoundly on what’s really happening?