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Tax Foundation Misses the Ball (again) in its analysis of Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

by Linda Beale Tax Foundation Misses the Ball (again) in its analysis of Supreme Court Health Care Ruling The Tax Foundation pretends to be non-partisan.  Of course we all know that is pretense.  Look at the way it has pushed its concept of the so-called “tax freedom day”, which misleads everyday Americans into thinking that […]

The Same as MA Healthcare Premiums, the ACA Premiums are too Costly . . .

by Run75441 The Same as MA Healthcare Premiums, the ACA Premiums are too Costly . . . Chicken Little, Courtesy of “EW.Com Entertainment Weekly”I have listened to many  stating the MA subsidies do not go far enough in alleviating the costs of healthcare for a family not covered by an Employer Subsidized Healthcare plan. Even […]

Alabama’s Airbus Subsidy Eerily Reminiscent of Auto "Transplants"

by Kenneth Thomas Alabama’s Airbus Subsidy Eerily Reminiscent of Auto “Transplants” The July 2 announcement that Airbus would begin assembly of its A-320 airliner in Mobile, Alabama, may be good for Alabama, but whether it’s good for the country as a whole is dubious. Indeed, it most reminds me of the subsidized arrival of foreign […]

George Engles and medical thinking and models

Via Alternet, Andrew Weil pays homage to a little known but profound man, George Engles, who decades ago in 1977 proposed thinking differently on the medical model common to the US practices. I want you to consider the possibility that the basic assumptions of mainstream psychiatric medicine are obsolete and no longer serve us well. […]

"No payment — no access code — no participation — lower final grade."

by Run 75441 “No payment — no access code — no participation — lower final grade.”Illustration by Jake Parker; http://www.agent44.com/http://heyoscarwilde.com/jake-parker-oliver-twist/ Now the use of textbooks and the sharing of a new textbook can be stopped with the sale of a yearly access code to engage in discussion boards by students with instructors. The Publishing Industry with the […]

Opponents Into Frenzy

by Barkley Rosserre-posted from Econospeak with permission from the author Lack Of Market Reaction To SCOTUS Ruling On Obamacare Sends Opponents Into Frenzy The day before yesterday, former Obama advisor Austan Goolsbee published a column in the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Supreme Court Rules, The Market Yawns,” noting only a small drop in the […]

NYT economic reporting week of 9th

Upcoming reports and meetings from the NYT ECONOMIC REPORTS: Data will include consumer credit for May (Monday); the trade deficit for May and wholesale trade inventories for May (Wednesday); weekly jobless claims and import prices for June (Thursday); and the producer price index for June and the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for […]

Does Uncompensated Care Raise Prices for the Insured?

Lifted from Robert’s Stochastic Thoughts comes this comment on Matt Yglesias: by Robert Waldmann Matthew Yglesias asks  (Does Uncompensated Care Raise Prices for the Insured?). I am having trouble with moneybox comments so I comment here. OK first I have to note that a philosophy concentrator half my age is doing pretty well to make […]

Paul Moreno’s "short history" of the taxing power

by Linda Beale Paul Moreno’s “short history” of the taxing power At the May meeting of the American Bar Association Tax Section, Jaspar (Jack) Cummings  (a well-renowned tax practitioner who has written extensively on the Supreme Court’s tax jurisprudence) and I gave a joint keynote speech for the Tax Section’s Diversity Committee.  Our address covered […]