Category: economics

  • Worse Than The Disease

    NO!!! Forget about the election. Forget about the war. Forget about it all, because by the time you vote in November, the stupidest thing the government’s done in a long, long time will already have gone down, and it’s gonna be too late. SEVEN HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS??? To do what? To save the butts of…

  • Obamanomists

    If the economic policy of Barack Obama is “Obamanomics,” then its practitioners must be “Obamanists.” Interesting. Here are some articles from opposite ends of the political spectrum discussing Obama’s economics proposals and ideas. I found both of them to be informative and to provide much excellent food for thought. The New York Times one is…

  • Pay-As-You-Drive?

    There is a proposal for Pay-As-You-Drive car insurance. Your insurance rate is per-mile, not per-6-month-term. This would decrease insurance rates of those who drive little (like yours truly) but raise them for those who drive long distances. It would of course motivate decreased driving, which is a good thing from the point of view of…