Ross Judson: PersonalNotes about life.(Untitled)- November 23, 2003 More On Campaign Finance. I lifted out a couple of comments. One point on this particular idea. I do not restrict in any way the amount of money that can be spent. I only restrict what can be spent in this one particular medium. I believe that effectively solves the problem. Since there are plenty of ways that views can be expressed, I think it passes constitutional muster. Or I think that it should. Ross Judson for President! TimCan &149; 111703; 8:17:32 AM: Sorry to disappoint, but I...http://www.soletta.com/categories/personal/2003/11/23.html#a444 (Untitled)- November 23, 2003 The Truth About Private Medicine Matthew Yglesias gives a tight summarization of some basic facts about medical care and costs. Note the conclusions: Government health care is cheaper than private health care, and delivers better service. It's pretty easy to see why this is so. The cash flow in the medical system goes something like this: Government pays doctors. Patients pay co-pays to doctors, and insurance premiums to insurance companies. Insurance companies pay (sometimes) doctors...http://www.soletta.com/categories/personal/2003/11/23.html#a443 (Untitled)- November 23, 2003 Matthew Yglesias: Libertarians for Single-Payer Lite Thought-provoking commentary from Matthew. Here's my take: 1. Catastrophic insurance universally. Paid for out of the general government fund. 2. To encourage preventative care, qualifying preventative visits would be pair for, on a sliding scale, based on income, on a fixed government price scale. So if you're real poor, you can get preventative care that will save the government money on the catastrophic stuff. 3. Likewise, a sliding scale.http://www.soletta.com/categories/personal/2003/11/23.html#a442 (Untitled)- November 23, 2003 Mr. Lileks Learns About Ingratitude OTB summarizes reactions to Lileks' post about Salaam Pax...no sir, Lileks doesn't like him. Lileks requires abasement from those he has helped, apparently...and is unable to see the irony in the righteous anger derived from reading about the deaths of _three_ of his fellow Minnesotans, who gave their _lives_ helping people who've suffered the deaths of hundreds of thousands of their citizens, at the hand of a madman, and several thousand more deaths at the...http://www.soletta.com/categories/personal/2003/11/23.html#a441 (Untitled)- November 15, 2003 Iraq Problem Solver B laid down the challenge a while back, and it's been sitting in the back of my head ever since. The problem is definitely hard -- how do we "fix" the situation over there, assuming that we do not have magic time machines. At this exact moment I feel a magic time machine is actually our best option. Now that I think about it, developing a time machine might be cheaper than extracting ourselves from this mess. Be that as it may: The US has the following overarching goal: To...http://www.soletta.com/categories/personal/2003/11/15.html#a439 |