Democrats’ Proposal to Tax ‘Cadillac’ Health Coverage Will Hit Lower and Middle Classes Hardest

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  August 4th at 01:30 PM  | 

As the Senate Finance Committee takes its health care overhaul negotiations into the August recess, President Obama and key Senate negotiators are still struggling to find a way to afford the flagging health care overhaul proposal’s trillion dollar price tag. Their latest proposal, a new tax on so-called “gold-plated, Cadillac” health insurance policies, is receiving broad support from legislators and administration officials who see it | Read More »

Nanny State Does its Job Too Well, Cools Planet Too Much

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  January 16th at 05:01 PM  | 

Wonderful irony, how you entertain us. In a 2005 effort to help do its part to reverse global warming and to cool the overheated planet back down, Minnesota’s state legislature passed a law requiring that all diesel fuel sold in the state to contain at least 2% biodiesel. Apparently the Gopher State’s wise and environmentally-responsible government did its job too well, as the recently-Chapter-11′d Star | Read More »

Mr. $oros buys a $enator

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  November 20th at 02:38 PM  | 

“Left-wing billionaire financier George Soros is using his financial muscle at a Manhattan fund-raiser tonight to help Al Franken win a recount in Minnesota’s Senate election,” says today’s New York Post, which continues: Soros – the hedge-fund honcho and sugar daddy of the Democratic Party – will host a soirée for Franken at his Carnegie Hill digs to help cover the candidate’s costs to monitor | Read More »