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Obamacare Numbers Still Way Off Projected Mark
With the insurance enrollment period ending in mid-December, Healthcare.gov announced that 8.2 million Americans selected plans for 2016 in 38 states. The Administration is touting the 8.2 figure as a "success" by comparing it to the 6 million plan selections by the...
Cafe Hayek and the Minimum Wage
On a recent post over at Cafe Hayek, my friend Don Boudreaux discusses the merits of minimum wage policy. A gentleman, Mr. Hutcheson, wrote in to chide the writers, saying that Boudreaux and others “who argue that the minimum wage destroys some jobs miss the point.”...
The EPA Used “Covert Propaganda” To Push Clean Water Rule
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) concluded that the EPA violated federal law and participated in "covert propaganda" through social media in order to encourage passage of Obama's new and controversial "Clean Water Rule." From the report: "The use of appropriated...
CBO Predicts 2 Million Fewer Workers By 2025 Due to ACA Impact
As part of the "Working Paper Series" published by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the CBO just released their latest work entitled, "How CBO Estimates the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Labor Market." Essentially, the CBO projects that the labor...
The Intersection of Obamacare and Immigration
The Wall Street Journal put together an excellent editorial yesterday on the intersection of Obamacare and immigration. First, starting in 2016, employers with 50 or more full time employees are required to offer health insurance for each of their workers, or else pay...
November 2015 Sees Record Debt Bounce
As has been earlier reported here, the debt ceiling jumped dramatically the day after the debt ceiling was lifted on November 2nd ($339 billion) and continued to soar all month. By the end of the month, the debt had doubled, adding another $335 billion. All in all,...