I’m not saying that some people don’t need some help during down times, but perhaps this news might incentivize going out and finding a job rather than sitting at home even longer by extending unemployment benefits.  Again.  For the third, er, fourth time.

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Some will call it a warning shot across the bow of those eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil health insurance companies; those with a brain will call it Señor Hopey McChangey playing a pre-emptive game of CYA for what many know is an inevitable “side effect” of Obamacare.

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Unexpectedly?

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Lori Montgomery and Brady Dennis of The Washington Post on the rejection of yet more spending: The Senate effectively rejected a slimmed-down package of jobless benefits and state aid late Thursday, rebuffing President Obama’s call for urgent action to bolster the economic recovery. Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) voted with a […]

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Deborah Gordon and Daniel Sperling in The Washington Post on why major oil corporations are ill suited to lead us to clean, alternative energy: Big Oil is fundamentally mismatched to the project of developing alternative fuels. The corporate culture and core competence of oil companies favor large, centralized investments; these conglomerates are skilled at building […]

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After a couple of months, we still no likey.  In fact, we no likey even more than when ObamaCare was initially signed in to law.

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I have yet to understand how the Demotards justify the idea that in order to get government spending under control, it needs to spend more and put it all on the company credit card. Luca Di Leo via The Wall Street Journal: In several congressional hearings this year, Mr. Bernanke has warned lawmakers that U.S. […]

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Arthur Laffer via The Wall Street Journal: And it’s also simple enough for most people to understand that if the government taxes people who work and pays people not to work, fewer people will work. Incentives matter.

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Is it possible that we might start to actually entertain the truth and stop fucking claiming that the economy is on the mend?

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