Archive for the ‘charity’ Category
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
This post is about incremental persuasion and Medicare, and is intended for those who value each individual's freedom to choose whether or not to give to charity, which charity to support, and persuading others to share the same value. If this does not describe you, I beg of you not ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Last week the Denver Post published an opinion piece about the charitible organization, Operation Walk Denver:
Operation Walk Denver is an all-volunteer team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, physical therapists and other staff who surrender a week of vacation to cross time zones and language barriers, helping those crippled by bone and ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
To:
Stephen Kapanos, Vice President Public Policy & Advocacy
Bill Lindsay and Penfield Tate, Health Care Committee, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Elisabeth Arenales, Esq., Director, Health Care Program, Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Mental Health America of Colorado, Colorado Center on Law and Policy, and the Denver Metro Chamber of ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
I've written about the injustices of Medicaid: It provides lousy care, make prescriptions more expensive for everyone, and fosters government dependence by inhibiting self-reliance. And get this, last week the Wall Street Journal reported that state governments use it as a money laundering scheme (HT, FIRM).
Too bad you become a ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Earlier this month The Rocky Mountain News published a commentary of mine about the inherent immorality of government-run charities (in this case, those for children's health insurance) and a proposal to challenge such charities to compete with voluntarily-funded charities.
The budget: An “immoral document”
A “moral document.” This is what Colorado House ...
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