© Tom Tomorrow Is it possible for the health care debate to get any more insane? I’m curious why the business community is not speaking out in defense of Obamacare. Anything that can bring down the cost of health insurance, while keeping workers healthier, will be a tremendous boon to the economy. Even the health […]
© Joel Pett Yes, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia really did say that if the government can force you to buy health insurance, then it could force you to buy broccoli. Steven Pearlstein easily tears this argument to shreds: Another of Scalia and Alito’s cute debating tricks was to latch on to an opposing argument […]
© Ed Stein [commentary by Ed Stein] Another one about the Supreme Court’s likely decision, unthinkable just a few months ago. If the Court throws this back to Congress, it may be another generation before Americans can enjoy the health care security that every other industrialized democracy enjoys. In the meantime, more millions will be […]
© Adam Zyglis I’ve heard of being two-faced, but this is ridiculous.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court discussed severability — whether overturning the individual mandate in the health care reform law would require overturning the entire law. Justice Antonin Scalia scoffed: If we struck down nothing in this legislation but the — what’s it called, the Cornhusker kickback, okay, we find that to violate the constitutional proscription […]
© Jim Morin The individual mandate was originally a Republican idea, and they introduced two health care bills that included an individual mandate. Romneycare includes it. Ironically, Barack Obama in 2008 was opposed to it. But when Obama changed his mind, the Republicans suddenly became against it. So the Republicans are desperately fighting to repeal […]
[reprinted from The Borowitz Report] WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – The following message was released today by the National Alliance of Funeral Directors: This week, several Republican Supreme Court Justices have argued that the Affordable Care Act supported by the Obama Administration is unconstitutional. At the National Alliance of Funeral Directors, we couldn’t agree more. […]
© Kevin Siers Is anyone else worried that after such insane decisions as Citizen’s United, the Supreme Court is going to do something really stupid to health care reform? I may have to move away again after all.
The NY Times has an interesting article by psychologist Jonathan Haidt that examines the behavior of voters. To understand politics, we are often told to “follow the money”. Monetary self-interest is a good predictor for the behavior of politicians, but it doesn’t seem to help at all for understanding how people vote. Consider people who […]
Somehow, you knew this was going to happen. The woman who owns a small auto repair shop and is now the lead plaintiff in the case going to the Supreme Court to overturn Obama’s health care reform because she claims she should not be required to have health insurance, has filed for bankruptcy with a […]
Politicians may be afraid to take on Rush Limbaugh, but a few people aren’t: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Jon Stewart is brilliant. As an added bonus, Stephen Colbert “rushes” to make sure that Stewart doesn’t have all the fun: Twenty six companies have pulled their advertising from Limbaugh’s show. If […]
Republicans can’t seem to stop talking about birth control: I love it when Rick Santorum claims that he is against birth control because of “the increasing number of children being born out of wedlock in America”. Duh, that’s what birth control will prevent, if it is available to women. Really! © Jim Morin
© Matt Bors Wow, this makes more sense than most of what Santorum actually says. Or if you want to see more silly quotes from the candidates, try this political quote generator.
© Lee Judge At the recently held Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) a panel session discussed that the fight against birth control wasn’t working. As this comic points out, how can the Catholics call birth control a deeply held religious belief when not only have 97% of Catholic women used birth control, but a majority […]
© Adam Zyglis The whole bruhaha about birth control was just a political stunt. Twenty eight states already require the Catholic Church to cover birth control in their insurance policies, and 97% of Catholic women have used birth control at sometime in their life.
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