Monday Links
- Michael Tanner says the difficult part of passing the health care bill has only just begun: “The bill must now go to a conference committee to resolve significant differences between the House and Senate versions. And history shows that agreement is far from guaranteed.”
- Get ready for Cash for Clunkers…the Home Edition.
- Gene Healy on the new decade: “Yes, it was a rotten 10 years for America. But cheer up: Things aren’t as bad as they seem, and there’s a good chance they’ll get better.”
- Will the market rise or fall? Richard Rahn: “The long-term outlook for the stock market is not good, and here is why. For the past 100 years, there has been an inverse relationship between changes in the size of government and the growth or decline in the stock market.”
- Podcast: “A New Policy Toward Cuba” featuring Rep. Jeff Flake.
Tuesday Links
- Dear members of Congress: If you’re not going to read the bills you pass, at least read the Constitution. Don’t fret; it’s short and written in plain English.
- Richard Rahn: Pay members of Congress more. (Or less, depending on their performance.)
- NYC: “The city that never smokes.” A proposal to ban lighting up in New York’s parks has exposed the puritanical agenda behind the crusade against smoking.
- Tyler Cowen: With health care costs high and rising, government mandates to buy insurance would make many people worse off.
- Podcast: “Pay Czar Cuts Checks“
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