GUESTS AVAILABLE TODAY (scroll down for the complete articles):
1. Gerard Lameiro: A Strong Case against Health Care “Reform”
2. James Hirsen: ‘Alice’ Premiere Tops ‘Avatar’ for 3-D Box-Office Record
3. Kyle Olson: Massa Said He’d Vote for Single Payer
4. Joy Tiz: Stalinesque Government Bans Drudge
A Strong Case against Health Care “Reform”
It Means Higher Taxes and Additional New Taxes. Yes, a new entitlement program for all Americans will cost lots of money. Higher taxes and totally new taxes will be needed. Already proposed tax increases include the extension of a 2.9% Medicare payroll tax to interest, dividends, capital gains, annuities, royalties, and rents for some tax payers. An additional 0.9% payroll tax has also been proposed. Forcing every American to purchase health care insurance (possibly at a higher cost) is also an implicit tax.
It Means Fewer Jobs. Yes, taxes and jobs are closely correlated. With higher taxes pulling dollars out of the private sector to pay for health care, comes declining investment dollars for new businesses and new jobs. Government spending for health care has a much lower economic multiplier than private sector dollars spent for health care. Overall new job creation will be lower under government-controlled health care. [more...]
‘Alice’ Premiere Tops ‘Avatar’ for 3-D Box-Office Record
By James Hirsen
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson must be smiling from above. The mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer also did a bit of writing under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. The cinematic version of his story, “Alice in Wonderland,” was magical at the box office this weekend, bringing in an estimated $116 million in North America and $94 million overseas. The film’s opening beat out the debut of “Avatar” to become the largest 3-D premiere on record. But “Alice” owes “Avatar” a debt of gratitude for whetting the 3-D appetite of the public and bringing the new technology to more screens. 3-D makes the cost of a ticket rise, but people are willing to pay for the experience. [more...]
Massa Said He’d Vote for Single Payer
By Kyle Olson
The controversy surrounding the accusations and resignation of Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) is a bit bizarre. When he lashed out at the administration, and particularly chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, it was viewed as a peek beneath the veil of Washington inside baseball. It’s a veil few have the stomach to look beneath. Regardless, Massa’s comments were seized upon as proof of what has been said all along about the administration’s tactics to do anything necessary to pass ObamaCare. Is Massa telling the truth? It seems plausible. It certainly seems to fit the matrix of what the administration has done in the past to twist arms and pressure members of Congress to pass its bill. [more...]
Stalinesque Government Bans Drudge
By Joy Tiz
The Senate has now ordered employees to stay away from the Drudge Report: “SENATE WARNS EMPLOYEES TO AVOID THE DRUDGE REPORT – Tue Mar 09 2010 08:53:37 ET – Just as the healthcare drama in the capitol reaches a grand finale, congressional officials are warning employees to avoid the DRUDGE REPORT! The Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works issued an urgent e-mail late Monday claiming the DRUDGE REPORT is ‘responsible for the many viruses popping up throughout the Senate.’ [more...]
