Posts Tagged ‘nanny state’
Tanning bed lobby loses to big-plastic in health care tax revenue battle
I’m figuring the local gyms and tanning salons who provide the sun-baked look to those pasty-white college girls in Minnesota don’t have much of a lobbying force in Washington D.C. The Senate dropped a 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery, only to replace it with a 10 percent tax on tanning services. What will the…
Read MoreChild protection gone too far – parents unable to play with kids in UK
We’ve discussed feel-good measures designed to ban child predators from being around kids. Those worthless laws don’t do anything, but it feels good to make children safe with a swipe of a pen. In Watford, England, they are doing more. Unless parents go through a background check, playgrounds ban questionable parents – those not approved…
Read MoreGovernment does not always have to “do something”
I’ve been thinking about health care, the auto industry, mortgages, banking, housing and even the self-imposed energy crisis. With every one, Americans seem to have fallen into some desire for the federal government to step in and fix it. They need to do something!
Read MoreObama administration using distractions to hide true mission
It seems like you can almost guaranty that the hot topic of the day or week will be a distraction.
Read MoreLampposts padded to protect pedestrians
You’d think it’s from The Onion, but this is posted on Yahoo’s UK and Ireland news site. Note: This is reposted from the original on March 7, 2008. Padding to protect pedestrians (Link) ITN – Tuesday, March 4 05:08 pm Padded lampposts are being trialled in a London street to protect inattentive pedestrians. A pilot…
Read MoreFree cars for welfare recipients – now with AAA!
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a program providing automobiles to welfare recipients – including taxpayer funded insurance, auto repairs and a AAA membership – as an incentive to get them to go to work and stay off welfare. Granted, these are not new cars, but the program costs the commonwealth more than $400,000 per year…
Read MoreGet ready for crummy health care part 2
The SOS has already blogged extensively on a National Health Care single payer system. So has Steve. So has Dave. So if you need some background you’ve got it. But I did want to get this post up so you can see how emboldened the lefties in Congress feel right now. Why cover your tracks,…
Read MoreCapitalism edges out socialism in poll – Video “Blame The Capitalists”
Socialism is bad, OK?
Read MoreI’m For Universal Health Care If …
My sister is a very bright woman. An AUSA, Corporate Attorney and Law Professor, not to mention a small “l” libertarian I am pretty sure, although I could be wrong. So when she sent me this e-mail I decided to read it word for word. She is a genius. Jim, My thoughts on universal health…
Read More“Obama On Your Shoulder … Again”
“You can’t drive your SUVs and heat your home to 73 … ” and yada, yada, yada. And this coming from the man who heats his home, well our home, to above 73. Now he wants to take away your SUVs too. No really … he does. RVO Reader Nick writes: SEMA is the specialty…
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