A Conservative Look at Perry’s Economic Plan

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  October 25th at 12:11 PM  | 

When Herman Cain proposed his 9-9-9 plan, many conservatives became energized, despite their misgivings with the fine print of the plan.  It wasn’t so much the details of the proposal that excited the base, as most conservatives intuitively recoiled from a consumption tax; it was the boldness of the plan that resonated with them.  Cain’s 9-9-9 brought some excitement to a race that was defined | Read More »

Romneycare: A Microcosm of Obamacare, According to Conservative Study

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  September 15th at 10:57 AM  | 

Does government have the right to take over the healthcare sector, thereby infringing on liberty, killing jobs, reducing income, destroying investment, and driving up costs to consumers?  Well, as long as it is promulgated by state government, Mitt Romney thinks there is nothing wrong. The conservative Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University has done a comprehensive study surveying the devastation of Romneycare – and it’s | Read More »

The Entitlement Leviathan in Numbers

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  August 22nd at 12:32 PM  | 

Immediately prior to breaking for the August recess, Congress passed a bipartisan agreement to cut spending.  Well, sort of. Leaders in both parties got together to do something evil and stupid; they agreed to the largest increase in the debt ceiling, without solving our debt problem.  They cut discretionary spending by $6.67 billion for FY 2012, from $1.0497 trillion to $1.043 trillion.  That’s a bit | Read More »

Congressman Paul Ryan Discusses a Debt Ceiling Deal, the Gang of Six and Fixing the Economy

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 10:07 AM  | 

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca and Congressman Paul Ryan to discuss the latest in the debt ceiling negotiations, the Senate’s Gang of Six plan, and the need to means test entitlement reform. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If | Read More »

The Fuzzy Math from Gang of Six

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  July 19th at 07:33 PM  | 

As a rule of thumb, any idea coming from a gang is not a good one.  This holds true in the real world; it is certainly true in the gangster world of the U.S. Senate.  Members of the media are agog with glee over the supposed Gang of Six deal to cut the deficit by $3.7 trillion over 10 years.  There is much hype over | Read More »

Eric O’Keefe Talks About the Health Care Compact

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  July 14th at 10:00 AM  | 

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Eric O’Keefe to discuss the Health Care Compact, Medicaid and Medicare reform and the financial danger posed by unfunded liabilities. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so | Read More »

Senator Tom Coburn’s Plan to Save Medicare

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  July 1st at 09:57 AM  | 

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the debt and Tim Geithner’s potential exit from Obama’s cabinet. Then Senator Tom Coburn joins us to talk about his plan to reform Medicare and gives us an inside look at the debt ceiling debate. We’re brought to you | Read More »

Time to Opt Out of the Social Security Ponzi Scheme

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  June 16th at 02:30 PM  | 

The Social Security Ponzi scheme is perhaps the most consequential government infringement upon our lives.  Conservatives are justifiably outraged that Obama egregiously mandated that we purchase health insurance.  However, the individual mandate is not nearly as meddlesome and tyrannical as the government’s complete control over our retirement security.  The only reason why these two programs are regarded differently by the public, is because Social Security | Read More »

The Medicare Crisis is Here

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  May 26th at 05:30 PM  | 

For years now, the American people have been treated to a single response from Democrat lawmakers and executives when it comes to reforming our bloated, foundering retirement programs: There Is No Crisis. That’s been the mantra of Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and many other Democrats since George W. Bush attempted to stave off the collapse of the taxpayer-funded retiree safety net – the | Read More »

The Fight of the Century

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 25th at 03:59 PM  | 

Much of the rhetoric coming out of Washington today is, not surprisingly, related to medicare and the impact it had on the special election in New York. I am of the opinion that it did not have as much impact as other issues, but there is no denying it had some impact. It just wasn’t, despite left-wing spin, the foundation of the GOP’s disaster. But, | Read More »

The Willingness of the Press to Believe Democrat Spin

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 25th at 09:38 AM  | 

The press’s ready willingness to believe Democrat spin is yet again driven home this morning by the Republican loss in New York last night. Immediately, the press was adopting Democrat spin that this was all about medicare. The press has a history of doing this. In April of 2009, the GOP lost a special election in New York with Jim Tedisco as the nominee. Carl | Read More »

Saving Medicare, Visualized

By: Ben Domenech (Diary)  |  May 25th at 08:39 AM  | 

Paul Ryan‘s latest infographic video walks interested citizens through the truth about Medicare’s unsustainable path. Watch it here: “Saving Medicare, Visualized” Ryan makes the case for empowering consumers and Medicare patients versus Obama’s bureaucracy and rationing based solution. It’s one we’ve heard before, but we’ve never seen it encapsulated in such an easily shareable form. Side note: For more than three years, I’ve been arguing | Read More »

Saving Medicare: Free Market Reforms or Bureaucratic Rationing

By: Ben Domenech (Diary)  |  May 17th at 12:08 PM  | 

Dan Mitchell’s latest video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity walks through the choices facing political leaders on reforming the Medicare system. This is a timely and well-done walk-through on the real choices we face for this system. “Would you be a cost-effective shopper if you were told I’d pay 80% of the cost the next time you buy a new car?” Watch and | Read More »

It’s Not Just Amateur Hour at the White House

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 6th at 10:40 AM  | 

There are two stories out today that suggest it is not just amateur hour at the White House where five days after Osama Bin Laden went to sleep with Davy Jones there are still more questions than answers. No, it is also amateur hour in the House of Representatives. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) is declaring the fight to repeal Obamacare over. That’s right. He’s giving | Read More »

AARP Investigation Reveals Obamacare Will Enrich Non-Profit Seniors Lobby

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  March 30th at 07:29 PM  | 

An 18-month congressional investigation into AARP reveals that the organization stands to make more than $1 billion over the next 10 years from Obamacare, a law the seniors lobby supported despite opposition among its core constituency. AARP, which operates as a tax-exempt organization in Washington, would profit from an increase in its insurance business, specifically from the sale of Medicare products to older Americans. The | Read More »