Wages…Cart before the Horse

Once again the US Congress has acted on short term political expediency, rather than on long term economic considerations. Instead of addressing minimum wage, the 110th Congress should have first addressed Immigration and the underground labor market connected to people in the US illegal merely for the purpose of working at jobs that are lacking [...]

Medical Costs – A Followup

Technological advancements have held the prices of check for some many things in our life, the noteable exception being healthcare.  Dr. David Gratzer, a physician and scholar at the Manhattan Institute, seems that have an explanation.  Check out his article, Curing America’s Health Cost Disease

Senator Lieberman vs Dem Party Principle

Senator Lieberman may be welcome in the Congressional Dem Caucus.  However, moveon.org and the vocal members of the Dem Party do not welcome Sen. Lieberman in the Dem Party.
Sen. Lieberman’s principle: Independent thought and opinion
Dem Party principle: Garnering the single vote in the Senate needed to give itself the leadership role.

P.S. Has anyone else [...]

Merry Christmas

If I meet you on the street and wish you a Merry Christmas, I’m wishing you the joy that I feel from my celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.  Please don’t think that I am evangelizing Christianity or diminishing the celebration of other religions or festivities. Especially don’t think that I’m slighting or slandering [...]