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Snowe Job

Robert Waldmann I am not questioning Senator Olympia Snowe’s integrity. The Snowe job in question was my attempt to convince myself that Senator Snowe agrees with me. When reflecting on…

Forbes and the "Self-Made" Label

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

Off label drug pushers

…have to submit articles.” Off-label use of drugs is big business. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[FDA] is stepping into a high-stakes business issue, because off-label uses of prescription…

Thinking on Health care funding. It’s getting wacky!

…significant price advantages,” she said. Yes, Maine’s finest: Olympia Snowe as she argues against making the public option available at the get go. But, this concept is not new. It…

Mike sends a response to rdan on off-label drugs

…unreasonable cases, but if it is reasonable that the off-label use of the drug might have caused the damage, then the encouraged off-label use would lead to an assumption of…

The Leaky Bucket Fallacy

Robert Waldmann It appears that the worst tax ever TM is the brainchild of the normally sane Olympia Snowe. How could a sensible intelligent person come up with such a…

Worst Tax Ever Update

…to Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post that the ultra-key senator Olympia Snowe (R-sane) is particularly fond of it. An equally silly compromise comes from the Senate’s “Gang of Six,”…

Meet the Senate Finance Committee

…HATCH, UT (H-Ranking Member) OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, ME (G) (H) JON KYL, AZ (H) JIM BUNNING, KY (H) MIKE CRAPO, ID (H) PAT ROBERTS, KS JOHN ENSIGN, NV (H) MIKE…