Back in late summer of 2011, when Rick Perry was running for president, the (then) Texas governor’s message to voters was somewhat of a unique one: “I’ll work every day to try to make Washington, DC as inconsequential in your life as I can.” Small-government conservatives understood and shared his sentiment…. CONTINUE
On Healthcare, Trump is Giving Us What We Paid For
In a piece I wrote last October, I presented the argument that of all the GOP presidential candidates that primary voters had to choose from in the election, Donald Trump was the last person Republicans should have trusted to take on Obamacare. The nominee rarely talked about the issue during the… CONTINUE
Trump Has Forfeited Obamacare for the GOP
Obamacare was always going to fail, primarily because it wasn’t designed to succeed. Contrary to President Obama’s repeated promises over the years, the Affordable Care Act wasn’t devised to allow Americans to keep their old plan or their old doctor. It wasn’t crafted to bring down the cost of healthcare, or to lower… CONTINUE
Obamacare Architect: Stupid Americans Let Us Pass the Law
Soon after President Obama was elected to a second term in office in 2012, I wrote a column for this website entitled, “How Can Obama Respect an Electorate That Would Re-Elect Him?” The piece presented the argument that the majority of the country, at the time, chose not to factor… CONTINUE
New Democratic Platform: Taxpayer Subsidized Non-Productivity
Last week, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office announced that the Affordable Care Act would likely reduce the number of full-time workers in the United States by the equivalent of 2.3 million. What’s their reasoning? Simply put, the law’s taxpayer-subsidies will give workers less of a reason to work. Under Obamacare,… CONTINUE