September 21, 2009
Article Digest
The Article
Howard Husock. “Project Phaseout.” City Journal. 20 September 2009. <http://www.city-journal.org/2009/nytom_project-phaseout.html>.
The Digest
Apparently, low initial estimates and out-of-control cost is not confined to health care [1], but also in other areas various governments touch. This City Journal article, for example, high-lights New York’s public housing projects. The projects were also initially estimated to be self-sufficient, which did not prevent them from being a massive drain on public money year after year.
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August 31, 2009
Article Digest
The Article
Larry P. Arnn. “A Work of Recovery.” Imprimis 37.12 (December 2008).
The Digest
The Imprimis article written by the President of Hillsdale College is incredibly insightful, with insight built upon those of James Madison and other giants of American history. One thing that stands out the most is the inevitability of human nature.
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August 27, 2009
Article Digest
The Article
Senator Sam Brownback. “Are Health Care Reform Cost Estimates Reliable?” Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Senate. July 31, 2009. <http://jec.senate.gov/republicans/public/_files/Are_Health_Care_Reform_Cost_Estimates_Reliable__July_31_2009.pdf>.
The Digest
I have written that cost for virtually every government run health care system always exceeds initial estimates. This report puts some figures behind this claim. Yes, it is written by a Republican Senator, but unless the numbers are made up, they speak for themselves.
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July 8, 2009
Book Review: Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity
The Book
Author: John Stossel
Title: Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity
Subtitle: Get Out the Shovel – Why Everything You Know is Wrong
Publisher: New York: Hyperion, 2006
ISBN: 1-4013-0254-8
The Review
John Stossel’s Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity lays out plenty of facts and studies to debunk many popular beliefs, commonly called conventional wisdom. Basically, it seems to be putting in print a collection of 20/20 episodes, which I have almost never watched.
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