My Comments: There’s really nothing I can add to this. Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. He is the author of “The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform – Why We Need It and What …
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What Are “Medicare Costs”?
My Comments: I ran across this today and it dovetails nicely with my thoughts about old people getting older and the efforts of the GOP to befuddle us about Medicare. Unless and until we are ready as a society to put old people or the indigent out to pasture, and in Gainesville, that means taking …
The backlash against the rich has gone global
My Comments: Someone once asked a famous bank robber why he robbed banks and the reply was to the effect "that was where the money was." Right now, it's money in accounts owned by corporate America and those who are considered among the rich. There's an element of that involved in the politics of whether …
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The Election, the Presidency and Foreign Policy
My Comments: Last Monday I got a call from a client who asked me to close her investment account. Her comments suggested she didn't expect Romney to win and if Obama was elected to a second term, the world was going to come to an end. She wanted her money under her mattress even if …
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Rich Guys: A Close-Up View
My Comments: Most of you have by now figured out that I’m likely to vote for Obama in the upcoming election. Not that I’m opposed to rich people, it’s just that there are some rich people who are completely tone deaf when it comes to opportunities for those who are not rich. I’m one of …
New Book: How to Make America Great Again
My Comments: In 1950, my parents brought me to these United States and I became and American. I was granted citizenship in 1959 when I graduated from high school. I have regrets, but none of them as a result of my coming here to live, be educated, and grow a family. As a professional in …
Six Possibilities for Health Reform
My Comments: You’ve heard me tee off on this subject before. My hope is the Supreme Court decides it’s OK and leaves it alone. Following that potential outcome, political necessity will dictate adjustments and changes that will ultimately lead to a better solution than what we had before. But changes in how we approach health …
Self-Interest Meets Mandate
My Comments: You may not like the mandate, but it’s probably in your best economic interest to accept it. By EDUARDO PORTER Published: June 19, 2012 Within the next few days, the Supreme Court may strike down the provision in the Affordable Care Act requiring every American to buy health insurance. Odds that the justices …
What the Wisconsin Recall Says About the Future of the U.S. Military
My Comments: I followed what was happening in Wisconsin as I believed the outcome would be a referendum on how the fall elections might be decided. Now that the recall failed, I’m of two minds; one that huge sums of money coming from a few sources, none of which have to be disclosed, is a …
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What Nobody’s Telling American Workers
My Comments: With voter rejection of the repeal effort in Wisconsin yesterday, we can now look forward to greater income inequality in this country. Apparently a sufficient number of voters there decided that in spite of their declining middle class status, they would rather see their income opportunities shrink going forward than allow those below …
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