Tag Archives: politician credibility

Government programs always exceed their spending estimates.

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

The Wall Street Journal has a good summary of how government programs always exceed their spending estimates. Here’s a chart: The article concludes: The lesson here is that spending on nearly all federal benefit programs grows relentlessly once they are … Continue reading →

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The Hypocritic Oath

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

A nice cartoon by Glenn McCoy at Slate: Related posts: Make Congress enroll in “public option” Congress & gov’t employees would be exempt from new insurance mandates. Similar Posts: Make Congress enroll in “public option” Who’s exempt from new insurance … Continue reading →

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Obama lies (or misleads) on health care

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Michael F. Cannon (Cato) and Ramesh Ponnuru (National Review Online) list 21 misleading or false statements in president Obama’s speech about health care a couple weeks ago.  Here’s the list.  To see why these are false and/or misleading, read the … Continue reading →

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Cost of obama health care

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

This video by Reason.tv reminds us that politicians are terrible at predicting costs of their programs. Related video: Obama Care and America’s Entitlement Kids. Similar Posts: Senator laments lack of government dependence Marxism via Medicaid Health “reform” vs. medical technology … Continue reading →

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Obama’s health care flip-flop and contradictions

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

The Wall Street Journal shows that president Obama makes contradictory claims in support of his health care “reform” proposals. (They just entrench bad parts of status quo.)  For example: On health insurance: “What is truly scary—what is truly risky—is if … Continue reading →

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Jared Polis: what’s your real reason for pushing the “public option”?

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Representative Jared Polis says the proposed government-run “public insurance option” is about trust. Some “trust an insurance company over the government and others who trust the government over insurance companies.”  If so, then why doesn’t Polis support a similar choice … Continue reading →

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