Yes, I do have a nerve, as Mr. Wright charges, to challenge the principle behind Medicare, which he calls a “generational compact.” (I’m going to have to dig out my old Newspeak dictionary to hold my own in this discussion. Professor Chaufan refers to the principle of “cooperative compulsion,” which sounds ominous.) I’m pleased that Mr. Wright does not think it’s a “bailout” for him to finance his parents’ health care and hopes his children will do the same for him.
The San Diego Union Tribune provides comments on the Legislature's failure to make the California Air resources Board do it's job and make up for egregious errors. At issue is the implementation of California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32).
When the Wall Street Journal starts fretting over the uninsured, we have a problem. This morning's paper featured two recently unemployed men: one in Illinois and one in the town of Hohenlockstedt in the German state of Schlewsig-Holstein.
