Jack McHugh
Monday, August 18, 2008Detroit Shrugged - "Urban Farming"By Jack McHughFiled As: GeneralSo the BBC is using Detroit as an example to report on an “urban farming movement” that could “save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger.” A liberal website in Michigan characterizes this as a ... more »»
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Thursday, August 7, 2008“More Energy Research” is BunkBy Jack McHughFiled As: Economic principles, Environment, General, TransportationPoliticians love to claim that “more research” is the solution to our energy problems. It allows them – and us – to evade the real challenges that face our civilization as we transition from fossil fuels to non-fossil energy sources over the next 100 years or so. Doling out the ... more »»
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Thursday, August 7, 2008Minority Report: Socialize the Cost, Privatize the Delivery SystemBy Jack McHughFiled As: Health CarePrepare the expulsion hearings: I'm very friendly to Charles Murray’s plan to essentially socialize most of the cost of health care, but leave it’s provision in private hands. Before the vote to expel, let me explain: The proposal is contained in Murray’s “more »»
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008Single-Payer "Camel's Nose" Short-Circuits in MichiganBy Jack McHughFiled As: Health CareBeginning last year, what appeared to be a well-funded coalition of unions, health care provider cartels and government-takeover advocacy groups began organizing a socialist camel’s-nose-under-the-tent ballot-drive campaign called the "Health Care for Michigan" initiative. Many of its ... more »»
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Monday, August 4, 2008Gold Medal Rent SeekerBy Jack McHughFiled As: Health CareBlue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan may be world’s greatest health-related rent seeker. It’s certainly one of the most effective at that game, controlling some 70 percent of the Michigan health insurance market –reportedly far more ... more »»
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