HT: Mises Economics Blog You might have read the story about the Socialist Alarm Clock. A friend who wishes to remain anonymous sent his libertarian version and asked me to post it (cross-posted at Division of Labour and The Beacon): “This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock built by the ingenuity of millions [...]
by the Night Writer Mitch made a reference to “this year’s model”, which reminded me of Elvis Costello’s “I Don’t Want to Go to Chelsea”, which reminded me of how little I expect of a British-style health system. Capital punishment, she’s this year model – They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie I [...]
by the Night Writer Congressional and other townhall defenders of the nationalized healthcare proposals — collectively lumped as “Obamacare” — are quick to deny that rationing of healthcare is intrinsic in the proposals, or that the old and the very young are at risk from a sliding scale prioritizing who receives care. While no politician [...]
by the Night Writer Tuesday I spent a chunk of the day down in Rochester at the Mayo Clinic (actually, St. Mary’s Hospital, part of the Mayo complex) while my father’s brother was undergoing an aortic-valve replacement, the same operation my father had in 2005. It was my first visit to the Mayo campus and [...]
by the Night Writer From an article in The Scotsman: THE cost of Scotland’s flagship free elderly care policy will soar more than threefold to £813 million a year by 2031, a new report has revealed. A dramatic growth in the number of pensioners over the next three decades will send costs, put at £256 [...]
Actually, I don’t think that that was what the AARP set out to poll, but the stereotype of Baby Boomers as shallow and self-absorbed couldn’t help but be burnished by an article I saw in a daily news bulletin put out by the A.M. Best company. This article (subscription required) covered a press release from [...]
If you think healthcare is expensive now, just wait until it is free. — P.J. O’Rourke That quote appears in my blog header this week because I’ve been keeping an eye on the Single-Payer Health Bill passed a couple of weeks ago by the California legislature and forwarded to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator vetoed [...]
Last April I posted on the story of Charlotte Wyatt, the British infant whose doctors had gone to court to get a “Do Not Resuscitate” order — over the objections of her parents. The doctors’ petition was granted, and to me it as an example of a socialist state demonstrating that it does indeed believe [...]
“Hello, this is ABC Cardiology. How may I help you?” “Yeah, I’m looking to have a little work done, and I’m calling around to find out what it costs to see one of your doctors and have a couple of tests?” “What kind of tests?” “Oh, you know, EKG, stress test, enzyme test, whatever it [...]
(Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Scene 2) CART MASTER: Bring out your dead! CUSTOMER: Here’s one. CART MASTER: Ninepence. DEAD PERSON: I’m not dead! CART MASTER: What? CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here’s your ninepence. DEAD PERSON: I’m not dead! Terminally Ill Can Be Starved to Death, UK Court Rules By Nicola Brent, CNSNews.com Correspondent, August 02, [...]
