With the change in administrations there were bound to be shifts in policy. In particular, the Federal Communications Commissionwill play a key role in determining whether or not the Obama Administration will allow the free market to flourish or government intervention will be the order of the day for telecommunications policy. Net Neutrality could be [...]
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released it’s updated budget numbers and it ain’t pretty. The 2009 budget deficit is estimated to be $1.587 trillion. That was not a typo, trillion. In 2010 the deficit dips precipitously) to $1.381 trillion (please install sarcasm application on your computer now). After 2010 the deficit drops to $921 billion, [...]
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The Canadians are giving us a gigantic wave-off on a single payer healthcare system. The incoming head of the Canadian Medical Association is speaking out and telling the world that the Canadian system ought not to be emulated: “We all agree that the system is imploding, we all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize,” Doing said [...]
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The one that we have been sniffing for many, many months? Well, it is starting to become a stench. Today’s WSJ ($) documents the ongoing endeavors of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking Republican, California Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.), to obtain the list of those members of Congress (and their staffs, too) who were so-called [...]
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The Obama Administration wants Congress to extend the life of the “Cash for Clunkers” program. They want another $2 billion. But the Transportation Department is withholding crucial information on exactly how well the program is doing. So much for the most transparent administration in history….
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