BRYAN CAPLAN
May 7, 2013
Keynesian Bets: What's Out There
May 6, 2013
Keynesian Bets Bleg
May 6, 2013
The Pyramid of Macroeconomic Insight and Virtue
May 2, 2013
A Natalist Provision
May 1, 2013
I Was a Teenage Misanthrope
DAVID HENDERSON
May 5, 2013
John Thacker on Vaccinations and the Sequester
May 3, 2013
Chef Rudy's Virtues Project
May 2, 2013
My take on Reinhart and Rogoff
May 1, 2013
Medicare Kills a Program
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"Allowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong."
Wow. Just...wow.
Good to know Mass General makes no profit...
With such a title, I would have assumed it was about the postmodern movement.
I saw this earlier today, but I just got the title. Started reading Jonah Goldberg's book :-)
It could be a good meme, the "Liberal Fascism Watch"
As a liberal, I think this blocking of CVS health clinics is just plain stupid and immoral.
This is not representative of liberal policy at its best.
I am wondering if we cannot trace the Mayor's opposition to lobbying by the competition.
I have used the "Minute clinics" inside CVS. They are great for getting really minor things--vaccinations and simple tests taken care of. No appointment needed, short wait times, they are on some insurance plans, and unlike most doctors they are upfront about their fees---they post them on the web site.
Surely everybody knows by now that limiting access to health care brings the price down.
This goes beyond Liberalism, this is Moronism.
I have discussed with my wife many a time that what the medical industry needs is to have to bring the price of medical care down is more of a "retail" facing to their customers: More Urgent care clinics, etc.
"Allowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong."
A few changes...
"Allowing grocers to make money off of hungry people is wrong."
Much better.
I thought the fetish for "non-profit" stuff died off when all the non-profit credit counseling services sprang up to prey on the stupid and naive. Or are some people still hankering to be taught a very expensive lesson?
Just read some reviews and the blurb of the book, and I think Liberal Fascism -- while redundant -- is actually a great title. It's provocative, which means conservatives will read it precisely because of the title, and liberals will read it because the title ticks them off. However, if you're thinking of "liberal" as "classical liberal," then it is in fact a contradictory title. But most Americans think liberal = Left.
Axel, you didn't quite fix it. Try this:
"Allowing government to make money off of citizens is wrong."