Last week, I noted with some pleasure Missouri Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr.’s call for a less punitive approach to nonviolent offenders in our legal system. In an editorial today, the Post-Dispatch praises Price and offers some concrete recommendations for reform:
• Drug courts need more funding. This is the low-hanging fruit in criminal justice [...]
Last year, the American Journal of Medicine included a disturbing story about bankruptcy in America. In that study of five states (California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas), it was found that medical expenses had become a causal factor in almost 50 percent of all personal bankruptcies. That investigation revealed that these financial catastrophes had been [...]
My Two Census declares the Census Bureau’s marketing campaign a flop, based on data from its YouTube channel:
The Portrait of America video has just over 6,500 hits…which would sound pretty pathetic for a 10 month campaign if only it wasn’t revealed that the other six videos posted 10 months ago each received between 347 and [...]
Word comes today that they’re building a statue of former Milwaukee Brewer owner Bud Selig outside Miller Park. Of course, Selig is known for blackmailing Brewer fans into building a new stadium, then cutting the team’s payroll, when he claimed publicly he would do just the opposite. Oh yeah, and he served as [...]
Cigna has released the latest of its reports on the experience of its consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs). The study of 655,000 CIGNA enrollees found:
Immediate and sustainable cost savings: CDHP medical costs are 14% less than traditional plans the first year, cumulative cost savings rise to 19% in the second year, 23% in the third year [...]
“We always appreciate the opportunity to share ideas with the President, particularly on an issue where Americans have spoken so clearly. If we are to reach a bipartisan consensus, the White House can start by shelving the current health spending bill, and with it their goal of slashing a half trillion dollars from Medicare and raising a half trillion in new taxes.
At the invitation of the Republicans, President Obama spoke at the Republican retreat last Friday. During the following Q & A, Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas rose to ask the final question: "You are soon to submit a new budget, Mr. President. Will that new budget, like your old budget, triple the national debt and continue to take us down the path of increasing the cost of government to almost 25 percent of our economy."
How would you like to go to work at 9 a.m., wave to your boss and say "Hi, I’m here. Bye," and then immediately turn around, walk out the door and go home or play a round of golf – and, here’s the best part, still get a paycheck instead of being fired? And suppose to make it easier on you, you could just drive by your place of employment and check in at the curb?
The Sacramento Bee is reporting the California Teachers Association is busy qualifying a measure to repeal about $1.7 billion dollars in tax benefits for corporations currently in place, or about to go into effect in the next budget year. First and foremost, for the record, repealing these benefits is a bad idea. Right now we need to be freeing up the capital of corporations so that they can grow, thrive, and create private sector jobs.
The Sacramento Bee is reporting the California Teachers Association is busy qualifying a measure to repeal about $1.7 billion dollars in tax benefits for corporations currently in place, or about to go into effect in the next budget year. First and foremost, for the record, repealing these benefits is a bad idea. Right now we need to be freeing up the capital of corporations so that they can grow, thrive, and create private sector jobs.