Obama donor’s firm hired to fix Web mess it created
A tech firm linked to a campaign-donor crony of President Obama not only got the job to help build the federal health-insurance Web site — but also is getting paid…
Who Has Done the Most Damage?
by Dennis Prager I have been broadcasting for 31 years and writing for longer than that. I do not recall ever saying on radio or in print that a president…
Study: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ created few jobs
The nearly $3 billion “Cash for Clunkers” program approved by Congress in 2009 did little to boost the environment and created few jobs, a new study released Wednesday found. A…
Politically connected banks got bigger bailouts
It should come as no surprise that politically connected banks received larger bailout loans from the federal government during the 2007 financial crisis than banks that spent less on lobbying…
Top Democrat: “We knew”
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer conceded to reporters today that Democrats knew people would not be able to keep their current health care plans under Obamacare and expressed qualified contrition…
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…