Morning Briefing
For November 14, 2013
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1. Yes, It’s a Trap.
Since yesterday afternoon a bunch of good
Republicans who’ve decided to put their faith in the man who banned the
incandescent lightbulb, have been telling me how wrong I am for thinking
the Upton Plan is a trap.
Folks, it is a trap. You may not think it is a trap, but the Democrats are going to use it to turn the tables on the GOP
Certainly
Upton and House Republican Leaders do not think it is a trap, but it is
one the Democrats have flipped skillfully on the GOP. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Will The Supreme Court End Union Organizing By Extortion?
On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court
heard a case that has the potential to devastate the what’s left of the
private-sector union movement.
The case
tangentially involves something that, to many laypersons, often looks
like a form of extortion (or bribery) but is currently legal under U.S.
labor law, wherein a union uses economic, political and media pressure
(also known as Corporate Campaigns) to coerce an employer into agreeing
to something called a “neutrality agreement.” . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. NYT: Oaths are but words, and words but wind
In an article this week, the New York Times
refers to President Obama’s often repeated claim that you “will be able
to keep your health care plan, period” as an “incorrect promise.” From
the article . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. America’s Strange Love for Corn Ethanol
In 2007,
before our domestic shale boom put a big dent in America’s reliance on
foreign oil, the Bush Administration made a massive commitment to
biofuels. The Renewable Fuels Standard mandated an ever-increasing
consumption of ethanol as a motor fuel through 2022.
Candidate
Obama, then junior senator from the nation’s #2 corn-producing state,
wooed Iowa’s Democratic primary voters with promises of his commitment
to their state’s #1 crop. His surprising caucus victory helped make him
his party’s nominee. Once in office, President Obama has surrounded
himself with policy advisers with deep Corn Belt roots. Corn ethanol
assumed its role as a centerpiece of their green energy, anti-Global
Warming agenda. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. If This Lunch Isn’t Free, I’m Writing My Congressman
I find
it amazing that anyone could survive in this country to the age of 55
with this level of shortsightedness and self-absorption. Allow me to
clue Margaret Davis and so many other feebleminded folks into reality –
companies, including insurance companies, exist to make money. If they
do not make money, they cannot continue to exist, because their
creditors and shareholders will liquidate them. The principal way they
make money is by pooling risk, which they do through very sophisticated
analysis. If they refuse to take premiums from a potential customer at
any cost, it is because that sophisticated analysis has revealed that
literally no premium would be adequate to cover for the potential risk
posed by that potential customer, not because the company has some
irrational prejudice against cancer patients/morbidly obese
people/whatever. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
6. Obamacare: One Month In
The
healthcare exchanges have been up for a month now. The reports of
glitches, account creation failures, and revelations of serious design
flaws have been all over social media and the mainstream news. Many who
were actually able to browse the plans available on the exchange found
high premiums, high deductibles, and limited to no out-of-network
coverage. In addition to the technical challenges and a general lack of
affordable options, tax subsidies, meant to decrease costs for those who
need assistance, weren’t available online in Colorado for the first
month. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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