Xanderland : Economics

The benefits of nationalized health care: Part IV

xsherry — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:46:51 GMT

Cuba’s Health Care System: The Reality….access to such rudimentary medicines as antibiotics and Aspirin can be limited, and there are reports that citizens excluded from the foreign-only hospitals often must bring their own bed sheets and blankets while in care.

http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA557_Cuban_Health_Care.html

The benefits of nationalized health care: Part III

xsherry — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:42:52 GMT

…half of people in England are currently without access to an NHS dentist.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3750853.stm

The benefits of nationalized health care: Part II

xsherry — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:37:13 GMT

Canadian Health Care In Crisis.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/20/health/main681801.shtml?cmp=EM8705

The “stimulus” package includes a gateway to nationalized health care.

xsherry — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:31:20 GMT

The “economy stimulus package” (more appropriately defined as a socialist spending package) contains language that will get us started down the path to an inefficient, expensive, and wholly unnecessary nationalized health care system.

“The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479)…One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective.”

This is *not* an economic stimulus package. It’s a socialist’s dream come true, cloaked by an intentional panicked smokescreen of fear, uncertainty and doubt intended to spook us into allowing it to be passed into law without the critical analysis it needs. Critical analysis that must be avoided lest it bring the bill’s true egregious nature to light.

Via Cafe Hayek: http://www.cafehayek.com/hayek/2009/02/creepy.html

This is frightening.

xsherry — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:01:52 GMT

Marginal Revolution has a picture of a paper copy of the UAW’s contract with Ford. It not that far off the size of the federal tax code. It’s a visual clue to why the US auto is in so much trouble. This is just more evidence that unions have more than served their purpose and it’s time for them to go quietly into the night, and the history books.

What caused the credit crisis?

xsherry — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:56:00 GMT

Newsweek is reporting that it may be due to an obscure accounting rule for asset valuation. http://www.newsweek.com/id/130029

In my opinion, that is complete and utter nonsense. The "credit crisis" is due solely and unquestionably to consumers who were ready and willing to accept unreasonable amounts of debt in order to finance the purchase of things that they couldn't afford. End of story.

An amusing take on "Dangerous Financial Products"

xsherry — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:20:10 GMT

Thankfully, Edwards is now out of the race, and this is one frivolous piece of potential legislation that we won't have to worry about. Too bad none of the mainstream candidates have the post authors point of view. That is, of course, assuming that Ron Paul isn't going to make a dash to the front of the race anytime soon.

http://marketcorrection.powerblogs.com/posts/1201796752.shtml

An interesting quote...

xsherry — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:49:19 GMT

On a concept far too few people seem to understand.

""Buying a bigger house isn't an investment," warned Wall Street Journal columnist Jonathan Clements. It's "a lifestyle choice — and it comes with a brutally large price tag."

From this article: Big Homes, Big Problems - How the size of our houses inflated the housing crisis

CompUSA is dead.

xsherry — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:49:40 GMT

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2007-12-07-compusa-sold_N.htm

The news of CompUSA's fate has made this a sad day for me, knowing that soon I will be left with nothing but memories of the store where I purchased my retail copy of Windows ME on the day it was released.