Health Care

Obama v. McCain on Health Care

• Nathan Benefield
• February 25, 2008

Cato Daily Podcast with Michael Tanner on the differences between McCain and Obama – and the constrast of market-based reform vs. expansion of government – on health care.

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Government Accountability

Rendell: Conservatives don’t like Black people

• Nathan Benefield
• February 12, 2008

Gov. Rendell said today that conservatives (or at least a small, but meaningful percentage) “are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate.” He attributes his margin of…

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Taxes & Economy

How important are elections?

• Nathan Benefield
• January 22, 2008

Here are a couple of good commentaries on the importance of politics and elections. Though they draw the opposite conclusion, they follow a similar theme, and I find myself agreeing…

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Taxes & Economy

Reagan’s Economy

• Nathan Benefield
• January 21, 2008

Spokesman for the Clinton campaign, one-time economist, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman attempts to denounce Barack Obama for even mentioning Ronald Reagan without espousing anger and hatred towards…

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Leading Bioenergy Crops Bad for the Environment

• Nathan Benefield
• January 4, 2008

An analysis in Science Magazine of a finds that the environmental impact of biofuels from corn, soy and other crops may be worse than fossil fuels. More from…

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Be careful what you put on your Facebook page

• Nathan Benefield
• August 7, 2007

I have seen several media stories about Giuliani’s daughter’s Facebook page, in which she joined an “Obama for President Group,” but don’t know why. But I will use this…

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Senate Votes to Keep Ethanol Tariff

• Nathan Benefield
• June 20, 2007

Andy Roth of The Club For Growth on a US Senate vote to keep a tariff on ethanol imports. If lawmakers believe ethanol is good for the environment (the…

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