Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The fallacy of Taxing the Rich

An interesting account from a true American hero in Doug Robinson's latest column.

Friday, December 11, 2009

The Death Tax

Pavel Yakovlev, who entered the WVU doctoral program the same year that I did, and his colleague Antony Davies are mentioned on the opinion page of the Wall Street Journal today for a paper that demonstrates the negative impact from the death tax.

Why can't I be as eloquent as Munger?

Mike Munger nails it with the following statement:

"The problem with health care is not that we can’t afford insurance. The problem is that we can’t afford health care."

Most people don't know that health insurance and health care are two different things. We need cheaper health care, not more health insurance. The problem is that as we rely more and more on insurance to cover our health care needs, the more expensive it becomes.