A black box in your car? A source of tax revenue?
The devices would track every mile you drive —possibly including your location — and the government would use the data to draw up a tax bill. As America’s road planners…
Obamacare’s problems go much deeper than the Web site
by Ezra Klein • Washington Post There’s been a rash of commentary from some on the left who’ve decided that the real problem with Obamacare isn’t the crippling technological issues…
‘Debt Ceilings’ Actually Do Increase Debt
by Gary Becker and Edward Lazear The recent wrangling in Washington over the debt ceiling, with both sides promising to return to battle early next year, never got around to…
Just a three weeks ago, ObamaCare was “settled law.” What happened?
Democratic senators up for reelection in 13 months are now embracing, in their calls to delay Obamacare, the same themes as did the House Republicans and a few senators a…
10 Senate Democrats sign letter pushing for open enrollment extension
Editor’s Note: As the Republican’s final offer to avoid a government shutdown, they passed a bill that simply gave the same one year extension to every American that Obama had…
Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built expensive but awful ObamaCare website
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is a top executive at the company that earned the contract to build the failed Obamacare website. Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of ’85, is…
Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov’t Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers
Americans who were recipients of means-tested government benefits in 2011 outnumbered year-round full-time workers, according to data released this month by the Census Bureau. There were 108,592,000 people in the…
Health insurance premiums will almost double in Wisconsin
Health-care premiums in Wisconsin will almost double under Obamacare, compared with their current rates, according to a report from the MacIver Institute. The state’s free-market think tank figured the average…
ObamaCare: It is worse than we know … and it may get worse
It’s worse than we know, this is the easy part, and millions of Americans could be hurt. by Ron Fournier • The National Journal President Obama said Monday he’s “frustrated”…
CBSNEWS: Government Website Underestimates Cost of Insurance
CBS News has uncovered a serious pricing problem with HealthCare.gov. It stems from the Obama administration’s efforts to improve its health care website. A new online feature can dramatically underestimate…
Feds instruct Blue Cross Blue Shield not to release exchange numbers
The Obama administration asked North Dakota’s largest health insurer not to publicize how many people have signed up for health insurance through a new online exchange, a company official says.…
Consumer Reports Says Stay Away from HealthCare.gov
Consumer Reports, which publishes reviews of consumer products and services, advised its readers to avoid the federal health-care exchange “for at least another month if you can.” “Hopefully that will…
Obama’s fingerprints all over the IRS scandal
It’s past time for the media to begin asking President Obama tough questions about the IRS conservative targeting scandal. After all he was involved, publicly, from the beginning. Last Friday,…
Food Stamp Bonanza Proof of Abused System
Ever wonder why generous people become outraged over food stamps? Look no further than two Louisiana Walmarts. A week ago, the technology that assessed spending limits on debit cards for…
ObamaCare is Failing Ahead of Schedule
by Ross Douthat • New York Times THIS is not the column about the Obamacare rollout I expected to write. If you had told me, months ago, that weeks…